British prime minister Boris Johnson entered the final few days of election campaigning in Britain by launching a thinly-veiled attack on the BBC’s funding model. The Conservative Party leade…
Johnson will not be able to get his hands on the BBC’s funding model until 2027, however, given the corporation’s operating agreement, known as its royal charter, is only reviewed once a decade. Any attempt to reopen the existing charter, agreed under the Conservative government in 2017, would be met with fierce resistance.
Former British culture secretary Nicky Morgan last month mooted the idea of moving the BBC to a subscription model, bringing it in line with services such as Netflix and Amazon. But the Conservative election manifesto makes no mention of this ambition, instead saying the BBC will be used to project British influence and values to the rest of the world.
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