Nadine Doris: license fee announcement will be last
He said, "the days of parents being threatened with jail and bailiffs knocking on doors" are over. His comments come as reports suggest the government is expected to freeze the £159 annual fee for two years.
The government has not confirmed this. The BBC declined to comment.
The existence of a license fee is guaranteed until at least 31 December 2027 by the Royal Charter, which sets the channel's funding and objectives. The government set the fee, which announced in 2016 it would increase in line with inflation over the five years from April 2017.
The money raised from licensing fees is paid for BBC shows and services - including television, radio, BBC websites, podcasts, iPlayer, and apps.
The chief and the government have long negotiated a future financing agreement, and a freeze on broadcast costs was discussed in October. A government source has confirmed discussions are ongoing with the about licensing fees.
But they say the culture secretary has acknowledged the pressure on people's portfolios - and that royalties are an "important account" for low-income people and retirees that ministers can control. Doris, who was appointed culture minister last September, previously said she believed the BBC should exist but had to fight off rivals like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
At a Conservative Party conference in October, Doris said the broadcaster needed "real change" to represent the whole of Britain and accused it of "group thinking." The is "a beacon to the world," he said, but he believes the people who have risen have shared backgrounds, some political biases, and they think and say the same things.
The Labor Secretary in the shadow of the Labor Party, Lucy Powell, accused the Prime Minister and Mrs. Doris of "looking evil at attacking this great British institution because they don't like its journalism." "British broadcasting and our creative industries are known worldwide and must be at the heart of Global Britain," he said.