The BBC licence fee could be scrapped from 2028, it's claimed. On Thursday (April 28) a White Paper on broadcasting was published that warned the £159-a-year levy may be “unsustainable”.
As reported by the Mirror, the fee received an extension until December 31 2027 but Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries warned that announcement “will be the last”. She tweeted in January: “The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors are over.
"Time now to discuss and debate new ways of funding, supporting and selling great British content." The government has published its White Paper which, while stopping short of axing the fee, further suggests it will be abolished.
