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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

Licence fee freeze for BBC could ‘threaten public service broadcasting’

Freezing the licence fee risks undermining the work of the BBC and could also “threaten public service broadcasting”, Scotland’s Culture Secretary has insisted.

Angus Robertson raised concerns about Nadine Dorries’ decision in a letter sent to his UK Government counterpart, in which he warned that “ideologically-driven threats” to stable funding arrangements for the broadcaster could “risk destabilising this valuable asset”.

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