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More than four in five Labour members consider the BBC licence fee to be good value for money, with two-thirds preferring the broadcaster to continue being funded in that way, exclusive polling for LabourList reveals.
Everyone is a little bit right... and a little bit wrong. Our editor Emma Burnell on what the BBC crisis teaches us about the political moment we're in.
Following a recent torrid period for the BBC, fundamental questions have been raised regarding its governance, impartiality and future funding. That’s why Bectu welcomes the announcement from Lucy Powell, Shadow Secretary of State, that…
Lucy Powell has declared that the government has "long wanted to undermine the BBC" after the broadcaster announced it had resolved its dispute with presenter Gary Lineker over his criticism of the Tories' illegal migration bill. Lineker…
Below is the full text of the speech delivered to the Labour Party conference by Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell in Liverpool today. Morning conference. Unusually, I’d like to start by thanking DCMS officials, the palace, our police…
Whenever travelling abroad, I am always struck by the reaction from those I meet upon finding out I am British. In America, new friends would ask about the Royal family: how many times had I met the Queen, I was asked, with an assumption…
Lucy Powell has described reports the government could scrap the licence fee as a "pathetic distraction" from the numerous allegations of Covid rule-breaking parties held in Downing Street and warned that it is "the end of the BBC as we…
This month sees television licence demands drop on the doorstep of several hundred thousand pensioner households in the UK – the direct result of the Tories’ decision to foist the cost of over-75s’ TV licences on the BBC as part of the last…
Reports of possible cuts to BBC local news, politics and current affairs programming in England are very concerning. Over the weekend, The Guardian reported that a review was now underway that put question marks over the future of the…
Labour's Jo Stevens has urged the government to take action for PAYE freelancers who are not able to access support via the coronavirus financial assistance schemes, saying that there is a "specific problem within the television and media…
It feels like years ago – although it’s actually been less than six weeks – that Nicky Morgan, in one of her final acts as Culture Secretary, announced a consultation on decriminalising non-payment of the TV Licence Fee. This was framed as…
A few days ago, BBC reporter Lauren Moss was attacked moments before she went on air. A man screaming abuse hurled his hot chocolate on her saying he hated the BBC. This anti-media and anti-BBC feeling is all over social media and goes all…
