Government hints BBC licence fee could be scrapped

LONDON (Reuters) - Culture minister Nicky Morgan hinted on Wednesday that the annual BBC licence fee on Britain's television-watching households could be scrapped after the next review of its royal charter, as crunch funding talks with the broadcaster near.The possibility of losing guaranteed licence fee money comes at a time when the 100-year-old BBC is under attack on several fronts ranging from accusations of extravagant spending to political bias."The licence fee will remain in place this..