Submitted by Elizabeth Drake on Wednesday 12th November 2025
Published on Tuesday 16th December 2025
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 16th June 2026
Current Signatures: 49
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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And the BBC ~ BBC ~ BBC licence fee ~ Civil ~ CORE ~ Cost ~ Essential ~ fence ~ foreigner ~ Freedom ~ independence ~ licence fee ~ Mandatory ~ Parliament ~ Press ~ public service broadcasting ~ Request ~ rings ~ The BBC ~ Threats ~ Wealthy
Ring-fence BBC Licence Fee Funds to protect them from foreign Lawsuits
We call on Parliament to introduce legislation that protects the mandatory BBC licence fee revenue from being used to pay settlements or damages in non-UK-based civil lawsuits, thereby ring-fencing public funds for public service broadcasting.
The BBC licence fee is a mandatory fee and essential for public broadcasting. Payouts from high-value, foreign lawsuits could divert funds from core services. We believe this exposes the BBC to high-cost legal threats from wealthy, foreign-based entities, risking the depletion of public resource, and could undermine the UK's essential freedom of the press and the BBC's editorial independence. We request Parliament legislate a clear financial firewall.
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