Culture secretary says ‘what happened in July was not the licence fee settlement’,referring to deal hailed as safeguarding BBCs futureCulture secretary John Whittingdale has cast further doubt on the future funding of the BBC by saying the deal that saw the corporation catch on the £700m cost of funding TV licences for people aged over 75 years was “not the licence fee settlement”.
In a pre-recorded interview on Monday evening with the Media Show’s Steve Hewlett for a debate on the corporation’s future, Whittingdale said the level of BBC funding was still dependent on the result of the government’s review of its purposes and scope.
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Source: theguardian.com