Manori Ravindran International EditorU.K. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries opened the virtual Creative Coalition Festival on Tuesday with a rallying speech about the creative industries, but stayed quiet on all matters relating to the future of broadcasters Channel 4 and the BBC.In what appeared to be a pre-recorded segment, Dorries talked up the music sector as examples of the U.K.’s “creative powerhouse,” referencing Coldplay and Adele’s new albums as well as Dua Lipa’s hit song “Levitating.” “It’s our writers and musicians and designers and composers who are the most celebrated around the world today and do the most to sell the U.K.
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17.01.2022 - 21:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed the Conservatives ' snap plan to abolish the BBC licence fee, in what was branded as a "pathetic" attack on journalism.
Fury has been rising after the minister revealed controversial news that the fee would be frozen at £159 until April 2024 and abolished altogether in 2027 in a tweet on January 16.
Now, the minister has revealed the true terms cut to the payment and has said that the licence fee model will now be reviewed, as reported by The Mirror.
Ms Dorries also faced a barrage of complaints that the announcement was only rushed out to "pick fights" with a "great British institution" to distract from the row that is being dubbed 'partygate', which is surrounding Boris Johnson.
She stated: “ The BBC is a great national institution with a unique place in our cultural heritage. It broadcasts British values and identities all over the world and reaches hundreds of millions of people every day.
“But at a time when families are facing a sharp increase in their living costs we simply could not justify asking hard-working households to pay even more for their TV licence.
“This is a fair settlement for the BBC and for licence fee payers. The BBC must support people at a time when their finances are strained, make savings and efficiencies, and use the billions in public funding it receives to deliver for viewers, listeners and users.”
Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell said the Government had a "vendetta" against the BBC over its reporting of the drinking culture at No. 10 during lockdown.
Meanwhile, a poll by Grassroots Conservatives found that 40% of the Tory rank and file want Boris Johnson to quit.
Ms Powell said: “The cat is out of the bag. The Prime Minister thinks those
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