BBC needs to become a simpler, cleaner organisation, says UK Culture Secretary (File)
London:
Britain said on Monday it would freeze funding to the BBC for two years and start a debate over whether to continue charging universal royalties in the modern age of television, leaving opponents Complaints of “cultural vandalism”.
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told parliament that the company, at the heart of British cultural life, needed to become a simpler, cleaner organization at a time when the British public was faced with tax and energy bills are increasing.
Dorries said the tax on all TV-owning households that fund the broadcaster would be frozen at £159 ($217) a year until 2024 before it could rise with inflation in the future. next four years.
Dorries said the new license spending settlement would bring the BBC around £3.7 billion. However, analysts say a budget below inflation will force the company to cut services.
The BBC, which broadcasts David Attenborough’s natural history programs and entertainment programs such as Strictly to Dancing, has come into conflict in recent years with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government, with ministers accusing forced the company not to provide objective information.
Lucy Powell, the opposition Labor culture spokeswoman, told parliament the funding freeze was an attack on one of the biggest institutions in British public life, and accused Dorries as “cultural vandalism”.
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