Statement on BBC World Service funding

As the BBC continues to cut costs and faces more reductions in future, it is extremely welcome that proposed new services to extend the global reach of the World Service will be paid for by the additional government spending announced today.
Date: 23.11.2015     Last updated: 23.11.2015 at 17.38

Following the Government's announcement today on funding for the BBC World Service, as part of its National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, BBC Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said:

"The BBC’s World Service is a vital cultural export, informing and educating millions of people across the world every day.

"As the BBC continues to cut costs and faces more reductions in future, it is extremely welcome that proposed new services to extend the global reach of the World Service will be paid for by the additional government spending announced today.

"We hope that if these new services are to continue to thrive beyond 2020, this new government spending continues to be protected."