London, Nov 21, 2025 (AFP) - Licence fee dodgers added to £1bn in lost BBC income

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2025-11-21

The BBC lost more than £1.1 billion in revenues in 2024-2025 as UK citizens dodged the licence fee and fewer homes felt the need to apply for one, a parliamentary committee report said Friday. The report came just hours before another member of the BBC board resigned Friday, a month before the end of his term, over what he called "governance issues" at the corporation. "Shumeet Banerji today notified the BBC Board of his resignation," a BBC spoke......

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