’It’s unsustainable’: James Cleverly says he favours dropping BBC licence fee

The shadow home secretary, James Cleverly, says the BBC should move to a subscription model, claiming ’it has a back catalogue of some of the best television in the world’. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► The Conservative leadership candidate made his comments during a Q&A during at the party’s annual conference. He went on to say: ’Why don’t we make sure that when China obsesses over Peppa Pig ... that they pay for it rather than demanding that we pay for it all over again?’ Politics live – latest updates ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► Sign up to the Guardian’s free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardi