IEA Featured Society and Culture

Nicky Morgan, Culture Secretary, has told a Select Committee that she is "open-minded" to replacing the BBC licence fee, reports The Guardian. In response to a question from Julian Knight MP, Morgan said she would listen to evidence on all side of the debate. Last week the IEA published a new report, 'New Vision: Transforming ... Continue reading

US businesses are risking condoning human rights violations and censoring in China as "being brave has become less important to companies as access to China’s enormous market grows into an ever more irresistible prize to firms around the world", writes Alexander C. R. Hammond, Policy Adviser to the IEA Director General. Writing in The Washington Times, ... Continue reading

The Daily Express has reported on a new IEA publication which proposes a new model for the future of the BBC, suggesting a switch to a subscriber-owned mutual. Professor Philip Booth, author of the report, said "Such an ownership model for the BBC would be fit-for-purpose in the modern broadcasting world, detach the BBC from ... Continue reading

The BBC licence fee should be scrapped and replaced by a subscription model as proposed in a new IEA report, covered by the Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph quoted report author Professor Philip Booth, who said: “The BBC funding model needs to be pulled into the 21st century. The UK has a long history of ... Continue reading