Fury as BBC TV licence fee rises again - how much more will YOU need to pay next year?
Daily MailThe BBC TV licence fee will increase by £5 or 2.9 per cent from £169.50 to £174.50 next April, the Government revealed today. The BBC TV Licence fee will increase by £5 or 2.9 per cent from £169.50 to £174.50 next April Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy arrives at Downing Street on Tuesday for a Cabinet meeting Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said today: 'The BBC provides much-needed programming for households across the country, including children's education, world-class entertainment and trusted news for all people in all parts of the UK. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport added that the BBC 'now faces increased global competition from streaming giants, changing viewing habits and a decline in licence fee income of more than 30 per cent'. New BBC chairman Samir Shah said the corporation should not have to justify 'our very existence' every ten years, speaking at the Leeds Conservatoire on November 5 And he said: 'Whatever the future funding model turns out to be – anything from reforming the licence fee, replacing it, or coming up with a whole new mechanism – the independence of decisions on the level of the fee itself, and how that money is spent, will remain a key issue.'
History of this topic
BBC licence fee review ‘feels like massive red herring to attack broadcaster’
The Independent
BBC licence fee’s days could be numbered as two thirds of Britons want it scrapped
The Telegraph
Nish Kumar and Armando Iannucci criticise Tories over plans to scrap BBC licence fee: ‘P***ed-up cultural vandals’
The Independent
BBC licence fee frozen for two years to ease cost of living crisis
The Telegraph
BBC's £159-a-year licence fee will NOT increase in line with inflation over next five years
Daily Mail
BBC licence fee ‘in terminal decline because more will refuse to pay’
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