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.
Friday's Newsnight programme started with a video of breaking news stories spliced with angry quotes from opposition politicians and repeated calls for Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister.
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.'
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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