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Western Mail Now is the time for reform at the BBC
Western Mail
|December 17, 2025
IT IS to be welcomed that the UK Government is considering reform of the BBC licence fee and more commercial revenue options for the broadcaster.
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The BBC's raison d'etre is to be an impartial and trusted news service for the nation and internationally, but it has shot itself in the foot with a series of scandals.
Resignations of top executives, allegations of misconduct against presenters and a lawsuit from US president Donald Trump who is seeking up to $10bn dollars (£7.5bn) in damages in response to the Panorama programme's ham-fisted editing of a speech he made before the 2021 attack on the Capitol - have further eroded trust in the BBC.
It's clear reform is needed if it is to have a future rather than decline in a changing media landscape.
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