The director-general of the BBC has reportedly remarked on how UK households are “happy” paying a forced licence fee saying it's “truly amazing”. According to The Daily Telegraph, Tim Davie told fellow staff members that the broadcaster had “better budgets than some commercial operators”, which he then described as “glorious”.
“It’s truly amazing what we’re pulling off, by the way,” Davie said. “That most households are pretty happy paying a licence being a forced payment. It’s amazing what we’re pulling off.”
The licence fee was branded as “regressive” by peers. The BBC’s future funding model is being reviewed after Tory peer Baroness Stowell of Beeston said of a report entitled Licence to Change: BBC future funding last year that there are “viable alternatives that all deserve serious consideration”.
