Lisa Nandy defends Yvette Cooper’s decision to order urgent review following pressure driven by Elon Musk

Lisa Nandy has said government ministers are considering a “whole range of alternatives” to the BBC licence fee, criticising it as “regressive” but also saying it raises “insufficient money to support the BBC.”

Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Nandy appeared to rule out raising money for the BBC from general taxation. She said the licence fee was “not only insufficient, it’s raising insufficient money to support the BBC, but it also is deeply regressive.”

We’ve seen far too many women prosecuted over recent years for being unable to pay it, and it’s a flat fee that means that poorer people pay proportionately more than anybody else. I think that doesn’t help the BBC, it doesn’t help the government, and it doesn’t help people in this country.

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