Sophie Chalk

Dec 15, 2023 | theguardian.com | Armando Iannucci |Jane Martinson |Pat Younge |Sophie Chalk |Patrick Barwise |Peter York | +2 more

Armando Iannucci Take the fight back to WhitehallOnce again, the government comes to clip what it sees as the BBC’s unfettered wings. Governments in a panic do that, sooner or later, and it’s up to the BBC’s new chair to call them out on this. They’ve reneged on an agreement to fund the BBC properly: the licence fee has been frozen for the last two years, but was set to rise in line with inflation from 2024.