Tory Hunt aims to abolish BBC Trust

Monday October 19, 2009

In an interview with the Financial Times today Hunt suggested that the Trust, headed by chairman Sir Michael Lyons, was “out of touch” with the wishes of license payers and was having a negative impact on commercial media operators.

"We are looking into whether it would be appropriate to rip up the charter in the middle of it or whether one should wait," said Hunt.

Hunt also indicated that the Tories would abolish two key Digital Britain recommendations: the sharing of the BBC’s £130m licence fee revenue with other broadcasters and the initiative to charge an annual levy of £6 on telephone lines to help fund broadband development.