Love it or lose it - Save the BBC!

The Conservative manifesto pledged to freeze the BBC licence fee for another 5 years. On top of the freezes they’ve handed the BBC already it adds up to more than a decade of stealth cuts to our national broadcaster.

The BBC is being systematically starved, and keeping this up for another five years will bring the greatest independent global broadcaster to its knees. Entire services will be cut, well-loved series dumped and thousands of jobs will be lost.

It doesn't even make sense. The BBC provides fantastic value for money, at under 40p a day. Plus it's a great investment for the country. Every £1 of licence fee spent by the BBC generates £2 of economic activity, funding the cultural and the creative industries for which our country is famed. More than half is spent in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions

It's a key part of popular life in Britain, watched and listened to by 96% of the UK the population and respected right across the world.

Broadcasting unions are calling on John Whittingdale (Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport) to stop the damaging freeze before it's too late. Can you help by adding your name to BECTU's new petition and show that we love the BBC and we won't let it die?

Sign the petition now