Remarks came amid row over PM’s refusal to look at a picture of a sick boy in hospitalLatest
election news – live updatesBoris Johnson has threatened to take the BBC’s licence fee away as a source of funding, as he came under
fire over a damaging row about his refusal to acknowledge a picture of a sick boy left waiting on a hospital floor.
The prime minister suggested the licence fee, which is guaranteed to continue until at least 2027, was a general tax that can no longer be justified when other media organisations have found other ways of funding themselves.