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Bradshaw to back licence fee plan | Bradshaw to back licence fee plan |
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The culture secretary is to make a speech in which he is expected to defend plans to use part of the TV licence fee to fund regional ITV news. | |
Ben Bradshaw's department has published research suggesting more than half of the public supported the plan. | Ben Bradshaw's department has published research suggesting more than half of the public supported the plan. |
This contrasts with a survey for the BBC Trust which suggested most licence-payers would prefer lower licence fees. | This contrasts with a survey for the BBC Trust which suggested most licence-payers would prefer lower licence fees. |
Mr Bradshaw will deliver his speech at the Royal Television Society's Cambridge convention. | Mr Bradshaw will deliver his speech at the Royal Television Society's Cambridge convention. |
The culture secretary criticised the BBC's leadership in the summer for opposing proposals to split the licence fee, so-called top slicing. | The culture secretary criticised the BBC's leadership in the summer for opposing proposals to split the licence fee, so-called top slicing. |
The government wants to use a small part of the money after 2012 to maintain regional news on ITV1, which can no longer afford to provide it. | The government wants to use a small part of the money after 2012 to maintain regional news on ITV1, which can no longer afford to provide it. |
The BBC says that would break the historic funding link between it and its audiences, reducing accountability. | The BBC says that would break the historic funding link between it and its audiences, reducing accountability. |
In his speech Mr Bradshaw will say that a culture department survey suggests 65% of those people questioned supported the idea of funding regional ITV news. | In his speech Mr Bradshaw will say that a culture department survey suggests 65% of those people questioned supported the idea of funding regional ITV news. |
But the shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said other research suggested that if there was spare money at the BBC, the public wanted it back. | But the shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said other research suggested that if there was spare money at the BBC, the public wanted it back. |