BBC insiders fear ministers could use the latest crisis as cover to cancel a planned licence fee rise 'If the Government uses the scandal as an excuse to cut the licence fee increase that will mean more services people value cut,' an insider said
following claims that he paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.
The Rupert Murdoch-owned paper will now be under pressure to provide evidence to back up its original story. BBC executives have cited an individual’s right to privacy when they may be under investigation, established in a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. Kept in the dark for weeks themselves, BBC staffers were horrified at the claims being made about a figure known to millions.
The £159 mandatory charge is expected to increase by 8.2 per cent next spring in line with the annualised Consumer Prices Index rate, to £173.
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