THE disparity in the BBC’s spending between Scotland and England has been described as “alarming” as the broadcaster has allocated less funding to Scotland despite increasing its licence fee intake.
In July, the BBC published its annual accounts for 2024/25, which showed that while licence fee income from Scotland rose by 5% to £311 million, from £297m in 2023/2024, its network spend in Scotland decreased by 23%, from £114m in 2023/2024 to £91m in 2024/2025.
