UK Cuts BBC Funding, Government Says to Save Network Finances

Mail on Sunday reported that the UK government would not be paying finances to the BBC for the next two years. The government said that they are freezing the viewer’s fee they are paying to watch the BBC. For the next two years, the users do not have to pay the fee to the broadcaster.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the BBC’s funding needs to be reformed. As inflation is rising in the country, freezing the fee for the broadcaster would give some relief to consumers. The country will be expecting a 30-year high inflation rate by April 2020. Therefore, to give relief from a spike in the living costs in the country, the government planned to cut the funding to BBC.

However, experts say that with the competition to the privately funded news channels and streaming services, it would be a blow for BBC to survive due to financial cuts. Other services, like Netflix and Amazon Prime funded by consumers, BBC was funded by the government.

The DCMS (Digital, Culture, Media and Support) declined to give its reaction to the government move. Opposition parties stated that this move is political in the country.

Coronavirus News

PM Boris Johnson said that the government plans to scrap the Coronavirus self-isolation measures. He added that the cases in the country are declining sharply as the data suggests. Looking at the numbers, the government plans to permanently revoke the emergency Covid-19 rules and restrictions.

The Telegraph reported on the weekend that UK government is planning to withdraw the coronavirus self-isolation rules. As per new rules, people in the UK will not be legally bound to stay in a self-isolation period. The PM said that the new plans would be implemented in the coming weeks.

In the last week, the government planned to cut the self-isolation period to 5 days from 7 days. Earlier, people need to stay in quarantine in the UK for at least 7 days.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the the UK government is planning to cut the isolation period. People need to keep themselves in self-isolation for only 5 days, as per new rules.

However, this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the data shows that the cases in the country are declining sharply. Now, the government is planning to lift the coronavirus rules and restrictions in the country. For more information visit : UKSLP