Reconsider the planned closure of the BBC food website

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the publication of the May 2016 Gov't white paper on the future of the BBC, it was announced that the BBC food website is to close as part of a plan to cut £15 million from the BBC online budget. We feel that the BBC food website is a valuable cultural resource that should be preserved.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36308976

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/522824/DCMS_A-BBC-for-the-future_linked__1_.pdf

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

This decision is the responsibility of the BBC. The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.

You could start a petition calling on the Government not to make cuts to the BBC's funding.

Timeline

17 May 2016	Petition opened for signatures
17 May 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 May 2016

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