Danny Cohen reveals licence fee deal circumstances

Danny Cohen

The government forced the BBC into agreeing a back room funding deal after making clear to the corporation that it would be asked to pick up the bill for pensioner licence fees in this week’s Budget, according to Danny Cohen.

BBC had ‘few days’ to thrash out deal

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