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The BBC, broadcasting, and contested questions of national identity and religious practice. Parties are ordered left to right by our placement on the spectrum. Each line is the position in brief — open in full for the detail and where it is contested.
- Green
-7 on our scale
No current published position located. This may mean the party has said little on the subject, or that we have not found what it has said — we would rather show the gap than fill it with inference.
- Labour
-3 on our scale
Keep the licence fee to charter end, while reviewing it
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The government is committed to the licence fee until the end of the current BBC charter, while its royal charter review considers reform of the fee and greater commercial revenue for the corporation. A public consultation closed in March 2026 and a white paper is expected later in the year.
Check itThe future of the BBC licence fee — House of Commons Library - Lib Dems
-2 on our scale
No current published position located. This may mean the party has said little on the subject, or that we have not found what it has said — we would rather show the gap than fill it with inference.
- Conservative
+5 on our scale
No current published position located. This may mean the party has said little on the subject, or that we have not found what it has said — we would rather show the gap than fill it with inference.
- Reform
+8 on our scale
Abolish the BBC licence fee; scrap DEI rules
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Abolition of the BBC licence fee outright, and scrapping Diversity, Equality and Inclusion requirements across the public sector.
Check itThe future of the BBC licence fee — House of Commons Library - Restore
+9 on our scale
Defund the BBC; ban the burqa; end halal and kosher slaughter
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Withdrawal of BBC funding. Halal and kosher slaughter would be abolished, and the burqa and niqab banned in public.
The religious-slaughter and clothing measures would affect Jewish and Muslim practice; the party frames them as animal-welfare and integration measures.
Check itRestore Britain — Wikipedia
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