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Lee Anderson claimed he has “ripped up” his TV licence since 2021.

The Reform UK MP was speaking following the sentencing of Huw Edwards, who avoided jail time, despite being sent 41 indecent images of children by a convicted paedophile.

Speaking to GB News, Anderson said: “This man, this Huw Edwards, I mean, I’ve ripped my TV licence up, a while back.

“I had a reminder last week that’s gone in the bin. I’m not paying for Edwards’s pension scheme because he’s going to get hundreds of thousands of pounds. This man’s a pervert.”

Back in 2021, Lee Anderson claimed to have ripped up his TV licence, at the time saying: “I personally have ripped up my TV licence and they will not be getting another penny from me, ever.

“The once-great BBC is wrong and my constituents should not have to pay for it if they do not use it.

“So does my right honourable friend agree with me, that one way to make BBC behave in the future is to make it a subscription service?”

Edwards appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, where he admitted to three charges of “making” indecent photographs of children.

Edwards’s suspended sentence has sparked calls for him to repay the £200,000 salary he received from the BBC since his arrest.

BBC Director-General Tim Davie is among those demanding repayment, stating the corporation remains determined to reclaim the taxpayers’ money.

Davie told the Royal Television Society’s London convention: “The secret life this guy was leading was shocking.”

He defended the decision not to sack Edwards upon arrest, citing BBC guidelines, but acknowledged the scandal had likely affected public trust in the broadcaster.

With that in mind, do you think the TV licence to fund the BBC should be scrapped? Have your say in the poll above.