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Could a free-for-all web culture be the death of the BBC?

High quality content costs money. As households are squeezed by austerity the corporation must demonstrate the links between its funding mechanism and the democratic service it provides.

By Aidan White
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The coming year will be a defining period for the future of Britain’s welfare state, a post-war national treasure. People working in key public services - health care, social security, education, public housing and transport - are in for a bumpy ride following the election of a Conservative government with a mandate to cut spending. 

Few people will be watching the unfolding drama more closely than executives and journalists at the BBC, the world’s leading broadcaster, which is also in the crosshairs of austerity-minded Tories. 

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