EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners and MPs are demanding the BBC licence fee be axed after official polling pointed to a major drop in public trust in the broadcaster.
They need to make us MPs earn our money. We need to try and effect change through the parliamentary process and that s always the best way to do it. The best way to do that is to get as many people and the over 75s to campaign, to lobby their MPs, contact in any way you can and put pressure on us to earn our wages so we can go to Government and put pressure on Westminster.
A Tory MP has called on the British public to campaign against the BBC TV licence fee (Image: GETTY)
Lee Anderson has hit out at the BBC following its decision to make the over-75s pay the licence fee (Image: Defund the BBC)
Sir David Clementi launched the rant after stepping down as BBC chairman last month (Image: GETTY)
The licence fee is currently guaranteed until 2027, but there is a debate about the BBC s funding after that.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden recently asked the corporation to set out its financial needs.
The Government expects the television licence fee settlement process to be finished by autumn next year, before then coming into force on April 1, 2022.
Mr Dowden said in December: “Public service broadcasting is woven into the cultural fabric of the UK, but to remain relevant and meet people’s needs in the digital age it must evolve.