The director-general of the BBC has estimated the Government’s two-year freeze of the licence fee will result in a £285 million gap in funding.
Tim Davie said there was “no doubt” that the freeze would affect the broadcaster’s frontline output.
He told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4: “Our estimate is, and just to set this clearly for everyone, by the year in 2027, the licence fee income will be about £4.2 billion based on our assumptions around inflation.
