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    Ministers threatening the UK’s public service broadcaster would destabilise a foundation of healthy democracy

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    The idea that getting rid of the public broadcaster might somehow improve the media landscape is a fallacy

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    National Audit Office says broadcaster is resorting to more ‘audience-facing’ measures to achieve £1bn of annual cuts

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