Photo: Tara Hunt/PA
The Culture Secretary wants to impose further deep cuts on the BBC, then abolish its funding model entirely.
Nadine Dorries has announced that she will freeze the licence fee below inflation until 2024, creating a hole of over £2billion in the BBC’s finances.[1]
Then, in 2027, she intends to abolish the licence fee altogether – a move that could limit access to our national public broadcaster and diminish the range and quality of its output. She has not suggested an alternative funding model.
The BBC’s public funding supports programmes and services with clear public benefit: 90% of us access them every week.[2] No other UK broadcaster invests as much in original content, talent development and access to art and culture.
The Government’s plans threaten to cause lasting damage to the BBC and to UK culture at home and abroad.
We urge the Culture Secretary to:
One week into lockdown, the BBC launched the biggest educational programme in its recent history to ensure children across the UK had access to learning support.[4]
Commissioning and producing original programmes; training and employing thousands of people; developing and platforming new talent through schemes like BBC Music Introducing, Writersroom and Young Musician. The BBC is the biggest arts broadcaster in the world[5], and the biggest single investor in the UK’s creative industries.[6] We cannot afford to lose the benefits it brings.
43,951 signatures
Your personal information will be kept private and held securely. By submitting information you are agreeing to our privacy policy and to the PCA keeping you informed about campaigns (you can unsubscribe at any time).
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
__stripe_mid | 1 year | This cookie is set by Stripe payment gateway. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server. |
__stripe_sid | 30 minutes | This cookie is set by Stripe payment gateway. This cookie is used to enable payment on the website without storing any patment information on a server. |
_GRECAPTCHA | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by Google. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
elementor | never | This cookie is used by the website's WordPress theme. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website's content in real-time. |
give_campaign | session | No description available. |
give_content | session | No description available. |
give_medium | session | No description available. |
give_source | session | No description available. |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
sib_cuid | 6 months | This cookie is set by the provider Purechat. This cookie is used to send data to purechat.com. It helps to connect visitors to the reservation team and to track visitors to stay on portal. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
_ga | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
_gat_gtag_UA_18272083_11 | 1 minute | This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users. |
_gid | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. |
CONSENT | 16 years 4 months 17 days 15 hours 26 minutes | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
IDE | 1 year 24 days | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. |
test_cookie | 15 minutes | This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
uuid | 6 months | To optimize ad relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites such as what pages have been loaded. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. |
YSC | session | This cookies is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. |
yt-remote-connected-devices | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
yt-remote-device-id | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
yt.innertube::nextId | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
yt.innertube::requests | never | These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. |
Cookie | Duration | Description |
---|---|---|
gscs | never | No description available. |
m | 2 years | No description available. |