Tory MPs call for end to BBC licence fee as they seek revenge over Gary Lineker U-turn
Prominent Conservatives have launched an attack on the BBC, calling for the licence fee to be scrapped. The Mirror reports that they are seeking revenge over the corporation's U-turn on the Gary Lineker row.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former business secretary, said the £159-a-year charge is “past its sell-by date and it needs to go”. Fellow Conservatives who had demanded the BBC sack Mr Lineker were quick to support the idea.Scott Benton MP said: “The licence fee is a decades out of date, regressive tax which people shouldn’t have to pay simply to watch TV.” He had argued the presenter’s position was “completely untenable”.
Meanwhile, a culture minister has claimed the BBC licence fee is losing support among the public, amid calls to drop the “poll tax on propaganda”. Conservative frontbencher Julia Lopez also noted that the corporation’s impartiality is important in relation to the future of the licence fee. “It’s something we’re considering, not least because there are fewer people paying the licence fee. We’re concerned the public is losing support for the licence fee, but also fundamentally the way in which people consume television is changing very rapidly and we need to make sure the BBC has a future that is sustainable in the years ahead.”
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