Consultation: BBC World Service 2024-25

A consultation involves a targeted inquiry aimed at gathering expert insights to inform policy decisions. Typically lasting for several months, these consultations invite contributions from academics to provide evidence-based recommendations. The findings may support policy development, inform debates, or guide decision-making processes.

Description

Inquiry Globally, the BBC World Service, which aims to reflect the UK, its culture and values to the world, had a weekly audience of 320m in 2023-24. Since 2022, the BBC has reduced expenditure on the BBC World Service, in part driven by falling licence fee income, with savings plans announced