Government must fund BBC properly

THE BBC is being forced into cuts by successive Government freezes to the licence fee and the withdrawal of funding for free licences for the over-75s.

The Government must fund the BBC properly so it can continue to deliver a full schedule of local radio programming across the UK – in addition to its planned expansion of digital radio services.

Our local MP, Michelle Donelan, is the minster behind these cuts and we must express our dismay at these proposed cuts to BBC local radio and to demand that the Government find a solution to cover the BBC’s predicted £295 million funding shortfall. It is vital local service is retained and I would urge others to protest to their local MPs.

Councillor Terry Chivers Wiltshire