Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says that "if the BBC didn't exist, we would have to invent it". The Corporation is under increasing pressure, including a recently filed $5bn lawsuit by US President Donald Trump, but today the government reveals a green paper on the organisation's charter and future funding models. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00Well if the BBC didn't exist we would have to invent it. This government believes at every level that the BBC is one of the most important institutions in the country.
00:09It's still the most trusted source of news here and one of the most trusted sources of news around the world.
00:15It provides shared spaces and places for people to come together, these great national moments that no other broadcaster does as well as the BBC.
00:24Brilliant children's programming and content and regional programming as well.
00:29We want it to be able to not just survive but to thrive not just for the next 10 years that this charter will set out but to well into the latter half of this century.
00:39That means as always during the BBC's history it will have to evolve and change.
00:44There have been serious concerns about developments at the BBC including editorial standards and about political interference.
00:51These aren't new challenges for the BBC. Throughout its history it's had to navigate them but we believe that through this charter we can strengthen the amount of accountability within the BBC.
01:02We can drive up standards and we can make sure that people in every nation and region believe that it belongs to us all.
01:09That's why we're asking the public to get involved and help shape the future of their broadcaster.
01:13That's why we're asking the public to get involved in the BBC's history of the BBC's history of the BBC's history of the BBC's history of the BBC.
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