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Tories would scrap broadband tax and licence fee sharing plans

LONDON - Shadow media secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the Conservatives would scrap Labour plans for a broadband tax and reverse a decision to make the BBC share £130m worth of licence fee to support local news services if they were to be voted... Full Article at Brand Republic

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  1. We haven’t made a decision on the timing of (changes in the governance structure), but we do think the structure has failed
    Jeremy Hunt – Jeremy Hunt SOURCE: The Telegraph 1 month ago
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