New BBC plans to be unveiled by UK Culture Secretary

The Government is set to lay out plans for a “major overhaul” of the BBC later today, which is expected to include abolishing the broadcaster’s governing trust.

The corporation's licence fee is expected continue for another 11 years, rising in line with inflation between 2017 and 2022, while iPlayer viewers will be forced to pay for the service, under the plans.

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Ministers will also say the corporations should reveal the salaries of stars who are paid more than £450,000.

Meanwhile, diversity and impartiality are expected to be enshrined in the BBC's almost 100-year-old founding principles to "inform, educate and entertain".

And the corporation's charter renewal period is set to be extended to 11 years to avoid clashes with general election campaigns.

Rumoured plans to give money away to rival broadcasters and alter the times it can show certain programmes have apparently been dropped.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale will lay out the plans in a government White Paper, described by the corporation as a "major overhaul".

A consultation was launched last year into the future of the broadcaster ahead of the renewal of its charter in the coming December.

A source told the BBC the Government “has decided it doesn't want another row” while it deals with issues concerning teachers and junior doctors.

Labour has accused Mr Whittingdale of being "determined to diminish" the BBC.