Ms Dorries indicated that she wants to put in place a new funding model for the broadcaster when the current licence fee deal expires in five years time.
EXCLUSIVE: Nadine Dorries, who grew up a working-class woman on a Liverpool council estate, has fired a sharp warning at Britain s liberal elite: It s over for the BBC as long as I am in this job.
EXCLUSIVE: Tense negotiations between the Government and BBC over the cost of the licence fee have concluded, with Nadine Dorries deciding to freeze the cost at £159 for the next two years.
Martin Thomas, 58, a friend of Boris Johnson, stepped down from his new job after it emerged he had resigned from a previous post after being found guilty of inappropriate conduct.