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BBC's funding system under fire amid viewership changes, Conservatives' hostility

by Stephen Beard

Feb 1, 2022

Boris Johnson's government may scrap the national license fee that's funded the UK broadcaster for generations.

The BBC's primary revenue source, a compulsory annual fee paid by the British people, is stirring vigorous opposition.

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