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We support a strong, independent
We support a strong, independent and world-class BBC with clearly
defined public purposes at the heart of a healthy public broadcasting
system.We will replace the BBC Governors with a BBC Trust to
ensure that the BBC’s governance and regulation is accountable to the
licence-fee payers to whom it belongs.The licence fee will be guaranteed
for the whole of the ten-year Royal Charter that will take effect on
1 January 2007. Channel 4 will continue to be a publicly owned broadcaster
providing distinctive competition to the BBC. ITV and Five will
also be retained in our public service broadcasting system.