Keir Starmer ‘Committed’ to BBC Licence Fee

The former government announced a review into the licence fee model, which will look at alternative funding for the household payment.

A view of the Twitter page for the main @BBC account on a mobile phone outside BBC Broadcasting House in London on April 12, 2023. Yui Mok\PA

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “committed” to the BBC and its TV licence fee.

The annual fee faced years of scrutiny under the Conservative government, with it being frozen for two years at £159 before it was increased at a lower rate than the corporation expected, bringing the charge to £169.50 in April.