By John Glenday

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has weighed into the independence debate with a bleak prognosis for the future of television, jobs, pensions and healthcare should the yes vote prevail.

Brown believes that in such a scenario people will lose access to the likes of EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing or Match of the Day unless they paid vastly higher fees.

This was calculated on the basis that such shows cost around £4bn to produce each year whilst Scots contribute little more than £300m in license fee payments to this bill.

Doing the sums Brown estimates that the BBC’s six most popular shows cost in Read full story ›

Source: The Drum