BBC Charter and Framework Agreement
BBC Royal Charter and Framework Agreement.
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Linked documents
- Policy Paper BBC Charter
- Policy Paper BBC Framework Agreement
- Policy Paper Updates to BBC Framework Agreement: 26 May 2022
- Policy Paper Updates to BBC Framework Agreement: December 2025
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The Royal Charter forms the constitutional basis of the BBC.
Following the publication of the government’s proposals in a white paper on 12 May 2016, the government published the Charter and Framework Agreement. This Framework Agreement was updated in December 2025 and May 2022.