Labour peer and film-maker criticises BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead for accepting burden of paying for over 75’s licencesLabour peer and film-maker Lord Puttnam has criticised BBC Trust chair Rona Fairhead’s handling of the BBC’s licence fee deal,saying he would beget resigned whether put in the same position. Puttnam, who was previously deputy chair of Channel 4, and said the deal which saw the BBC accept the £700m burden of paying for over 75’s licence fees in July was a “dereliction of process”.
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Source: theguardian.com