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Saturday 7 December 2019

General Election 2019: BBC and TV Licensing Political Party Policies


It can't have escaped anyone's notice that the nation faces a very important decision in the next few days.

Will it by Andy Whyment, Jacqueline Jossa, Kate Garroway or Roman Kemp who wins the 19th and current series of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here?

Here at the TV Licensing Blog, as readers of our Twitter feed will already know, we have a firm favourite for this most crucial of races - Andy Whyment.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, the UK's political parties are against battling it out to see which one is deemed worthy enough to form the next Government. Whoever it is, we sincerely hope they're able to move the nation forward in a positive manner.

The stance of the main political parties, in alphabetical order:

1. Brexit Party
  • The Brexit Party pledges to phase out the BBC TV licence fee in its entirety.
2. Conservatives
  • The Conservatives support free TV licence for the over-75s and believe the BBC should foot the bill.
  • The Conservatives plan to work with cultural organisations like the BBC and British Council to expand the UK's influence in the post-Brexit world.
3. Labour
  • The Labour Party says it will ensure a healthy future for public service broadcasters.
  • The Labour Party says it will protect free TV licences for the over-75s.
4. Liberal Democrats
  • The Liberal Democrats pledge to protect the independence of the BBC and establish a BBC Licence Fee Commission.
  • The Liberal Democrats expect the BBC both to provide impartial news and information, and to take a leading role in increasing media literacy and educating all generations in tackling the impact of fake news.
  • The Liberal Democrats want to make the BBC more accountable and provide investment for the growth of the World Service and BBC Monitoring.
5. Plaid Cymru
  • Plaid Cymru will require the BBC to reverse cuts to the over-75 TV licence.
6. Scottish National Party
  • The SNP wants a greater proportion of BBC funding spent on BBC Scotland.
  • The SNP supports the creation of a new Scottish TV channel.
  • The SNP would have the BBC TV licence fee set by an independent body.
  • The SNP supports free TV licences for the over-75s, which it believe should be fully funded by the Government.
Important as the future of the BBC and TV licence fee are, there are arguably much more important matters at stake in next Thursday's vote.

We would encourage everyone to make the effort to vote.

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