Nadine Dorries signals BBC licence fee will be SCRAPPED after 2027
Ms Dorries indicated that she wants to put in place a new funding model for the broadcaster when the current licence fee deal expires in five years' time.
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Ms Dorries indicated that she wants to put in place a new funding model for the broadcaster when the current licence fee deal expires in five years' time.
EXCLUSIVE: Nadine Dorries, who grew up a working-class woman on a Liverpool council estate, has fired a sharp warning at Britain's liberal elite: 'It's over for the BBC as long as I am in this job.'
DAVID MELLOR: I had four stabs at being the minister for broadcasting and one of my firmest convictions was that the licence fee was essential to provide British people with quality broadcasting.
EXCLUSIVE: Tense negotiations between the Government and BBC over the cost of the licence fee have concluded, with Nadine Dorries deciding to freeze the cost at £159 for the next two years.
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