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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Ministers to review Channel 4 privatisation and scrapping of BBC licence fee

The BBC Broadcasting House in London
‘It is no secret that I have been a long-term sceptic of the licence fee,’ Michelle Donelan said. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Ministers are reviewing the decisions to privatise Channel 4 and to scrap the BBC licence fee, the new culture secretary has said, saying she is “re-examining the business case”.

Michelle Donelan said that as culture secretary she would look at the BBC licence fee “in the round” but declined to say whether it could be scrapped. Donelan also said she was revisiting the online harms bill and the provisions around “legal but harmful” speech.

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