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A former BBC chairman has suggested that the license should be means-tested so that lower-income households pay “less than those people who are well off”. Richard Sharp said everyone should be able to access BBC content – and subsidised accordingly. The 68-year-old added that the corporation offers much more than rival platforms such as Netflix. In response to whether the licence should be means-tested, he said: “I personally am of the view that one of the great things we need to be concerned about is the future changing nature of the media industry. “What you’re increasingly going to have is …

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