Petition TV licence holders to elect all members of BBC board.

The BBC Board exercises overall control of the BBC and is appointed not elected. As the BBC is funded by licence payers it should be accountable to them. This proposal would improve accountability to the funders of the service who now have little or no control.

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15 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 15 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 November 2019
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