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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mark Sweney Media business correspondent

Move to cut Last Night of the Proms after royal death ‘was difficult’ – BBC boss

Director general of the BBC Tim Davie during a conference at the Royal Television Society.
Director general of the BBC Tim Davie during a conference at the Royal Television Society. Photograph: Richard Kendal/RTS/PA

The controversial move to cut Last Night of the Proms was the most difficult decision made during the BBC’s extensive coverage of the death of the Queen, the corporation’s director general has said.

Tim Davie also said that the BBC licence fee – which is frozen at £159 annually for two years under the last settlement with the government – should have been boosted in line with the soaring rate of inflation despite the cost of living crisis affecting households across the country.

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