[all new phil]

3. The BBC should produce services that aren't lucrative but have public value, but I would argue that the BBC News channel is towards the bottom of that list. It is far more expensive than most of the BBC's other 'public service' channels/stations and isn't unique within the BBC in the public service functions it provides. I think it is hard to justify ringfencing such a channel at a time of signficant cuts to more unique BBC services and would be even harder to justify closing BBC World News and the resultant substantial increase in the BBC News channel's budget.

The news channel definitely does have public value, I really do disagree with you on that.

It really doesn’t. It doesn’t provide anything unique - both within the BBC and the wider industry. BBC News content is readily accessible through many other avenues that are used more than the NC, and other organisations provide more than adequate rolling news channels.