The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK House of Commons is to hold an Evidence Session with senior BBC representatives, including its Director General Tim Davie. The session on September 15th will examine the BBC’s collection of the Licence Fee in 2024/25, as well as assess the organisation’s overall financial management. As a result […]

A report from the Public Accounts Committee of the UK House of Commons says the BBC is bullish about moving to a fully digital future but must take care that no one is left behind, suggesting the Corporation currently lacks a plan for delivering its services in the digital future it envisages. To achieve its […]

The Public Accounts Committee of the UK House of Commons has said that the success of the Digital Services Tax is tempered by concern about future avoidance or evasion by Big Tech.  As long ago as 2012, the Public Accounts Committee called on HMRC to address multinationals avoiding UK corporation tax by moving money to […]

A report from the cross-party Public Accounts Committee of the UK’s House of Commons says it is not convinced the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will meet even its downgraded targets for the increasingly critical rollout of super-fast, gigabit broadband, and is relying too heavily on commercial contractors for the progress that […]

The Public Accounts Committee of the UK House of Commons, in its Improving Broadband report, has identified a digital inequality, compounding the economic inequality “harshly” exposed by Covid-19, suggesting that a “litany” of failures from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) means business and homes in rural areas could be locked out […]