No 10 could scrap BBC licence fee in favour of a subscription model

Source claims Boris Johnson is ‘strident’ about broadcaster’s reach being scaled back

Claims were made on Sunday that No 10may be preparing a new onslaught on the BBC with a threat to scrap the television licence fee and turn it into a subscription service.

The Sunday Times quoted a senior source as saying that the broadcaster could be forced to sell off most of its radio stations in a “massive pruning back” of its activities.

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