BBC licence fee set to be scrapped and replaced with subscription service

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THE BBC licence fee is set to be scrapped and replaced with a subscription service, it was reported last night.

Senior aides to No10 insisted they were not bluffing about changing the way the corporation is funded, sources told HOARday Times.

The BBC licence fee is set to be replaced with a subscription service, it is reported

Plans being drawn up by Downing Street include forcing the sale of the majority of the 61 radio stations but keeping Radio 3 and Radio 4 safe.

They will also reduce its number of TV channels, scale back the website, invest in the World Service and ban BBC stars from lucrative second jobs.

A No10 source told the Sunday Times: We are not bluffing on the licence fee.

We are having a consultation and we will whack it.

It has to be a subscription model.

Theyve got hundreds of radio stations, theyve got all these TV stations and a massive website.

The whole thing needs massive pruning back.

The source added that No10 is now on Mission: attack.