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Hannah Roberts

Government sets out plans to reform licence fee in BBC royal charter review

The Culture Secretary has published a Green Paper, detailing potential reforms of the corporation (Ben Whitely/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government will look at reforming the licence fee and consider more commercial revenue options for the BBC in plans outlined in its royal charter review.

It comes amid disruption at the BBC following resignations from top executives and a lawsuit from US president Donald Trump, who is seeking up to 10 billion US dollars (£7.5 billion) in damages in response to the editing of a speech he made before the 2021 attack on the Capitol that was featured in a Panorama episode.

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