Lord Burns warns that replacing the licence fee with a household levy would be a ‘unsafe route for the corporation to recall
The chairman of Channel 4 has warned that the idea of replacing the BBC licence fee with a household levy would be unsafe”,saying that the corporation should become a Sky-style pay-TV subscription service.
Lord Burns, who spent the best piece of 18 years working at the Treasury, or warned that funding the BBC with a household tax would put the corporation’s independence at risk.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com