ITV report slams BBC calculations

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An inflation-busting rise in the licence fee would hit low income families and worsen 'super-inflation' in the costs of talent and staff, according to a report commissioned by ITV. Chief executive Charles Allen accused the BBC of using 'back-of-a-fag-packet figures' to exaggerate the need for an above-inflation hike in the ...

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