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The television licence fee is collected by the BBC and primarily used to fund the radio, television and online services of the BBC itself. Licence fee collection is the responsibility of the BBC's Finance and Business division. [5] The BBC also operates as the TV Licensing Authority in the UK, as one of its trade names.
The BBC received £3.7bn from the licence fee in the last financial year, about two-thirds of its total income. However, the corporation has said below-inflation rises in the cost of a TV licence ...
The UK government announced on Monday it would freeze funding for the BBC for the next two years.Under the agreement the license fee - a tax on all television-owning households - will be frozen at ...
A BBC spokesperson said: “The Government and BBC agreed a six-year licence fee settlement in January 2022, which froze the licence fee for two years with increases in line with inflation from 2024.
Currently the TV licence fee costs £169.50 per year (just over £14 per month). Under the previous government, it was agreed that the TV licence would increase in line with inflation each year ...
New BBC chairman Dr Samir Shah is expected to say “reforming the licence fee, replacing it, or coming up with a whole new mechanism” are all options being considered in discussions about the ...
The government had expected the committee to report that the television licence fee used to fund the BBC should be scrapped. However, the Peacock Committee favoured retaining the licence fee as they believed it was the 'least worst' option. [2] The immediate recommendations of the report [3] were: BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 should be privatised.
The licence fee had been frozen at £159 over the last two years and the Government has announced it will now rise by £10.50 to £169.50. What is the BBC licence fee and how could it change? Skip ...