The BBC has decided to make 30 of its 185-strong comms department redundant in response to the freeze on the licence fee. Read the full story

If you missed Panorama this week – ‘Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed’ – take advantage of iPlayer as soon as you can and watch it. This is professional reporting at its best. Read the full story

Shadow culture minister Ivan Lewis has demanded an inquiry into the rushed nature of the deal between the BBC and the coalition government that saw the licence fee frozen for six years. Read the full story

Freezing the licence fee for six years is a good deal for the BBC’s commercial rivals, according to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt. Read the full story

The agreement to freeze the licence fee at £145.50 for the next six years means the Corporation will have to cut its annual £3.6m budget by £140m, according to MediaGuardian. Read the full story

The BBC licence fee has been frozen at £145.50 for six years – a real terms budget cut of 16 per cent. Read the full story

The BBC has announced it will freeze the licence fee at £145.50 until 2013, warning that it is likely to result in cuts to programming on both TV and radio. Read the full story

It seems the BBC can’t go a single week without having to defend itself from some form of criticism. Last week it was news that BBC apps have been given the all-clear by the BBC Trust, irking commercial outlets, and this week a thinktank has decided that the licence fee should be replaced with a subscription service. Read the full story