JAMIE ANGUS: Last year, 539,000 households stopped paying the £174.50 fee, a much faster drop than expected and an increase of more than 75 per cent on the previous year's 300,000 slump.

BBC's annual report touts BAFTA wins and record ratings even as editorial controversies and a third annual deficit deepen its funding crisis.

The broadcaster's Annual Report has arrived and spotlighted extensive funding woes, an uptick in formal bullying and harassment cases, and billions generated for the British…

The BBC’s licence fee income has dropped by more than £1 million over the past decade