Aug 1 2019
Age UK delivers 634,334 strong petition to the new prime minister at no 10 Downing Street. Yesterday, Age UK along with older people over 75, delivered its 634,334 strong #Switched Off petition to No 10 Downing Street and urged the new Prime Minister to intervene and take back responsibility for funding free TV licences for […]
Feb 1 2019
The Government has confirmed that from 1 April 2019 the cost of the annual television licence fee will increase from £150.50 to £154.50. The Government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and announced in 2016 it would rise in line with inflation for five years from 1 April 2017. The new […]
Nov 20 2018
The BBC is launching a consultation period to decide how licence fees for over-75s should be paid for. They are currently financed by a government-funded scheme, which is due to end in 2020. It is expected the cost of free licences to the over-75s will total £745m – a fifth of the BBC’s current budget […]
Jul 12 2017
Research conducted by Broadband Genie has found more than half (60 per cent) of the public believe the TV licence doesn’t offer good value for money. Additionally, it seems many believe the current system is outdated, as 68 per cent say it’s unfair for users to have to pay for a licence if they’re just […]
Mar 1 2017
The UK’s annual television licence fee is to rise to £147 from £145.50, the government has announced. The increase, which will come into effect on 1 April, marks the the first rise in the licence fee since 2010. In October that year, the coalition government announced the fee would be frozen at £145.50 until 31 […]
Feb 2 2017
The BBC has performed well in collecting the licence fee, having increased the amount of revenue it collects, reduced collection costs and improved its reputation overall. It has, however, performed less well in reducing evasion, according to the National Audit Office (NAO), which it estimates cost the Corporation between £251 million (€294m) and £291 million […]
Dec 16 2016
A study conducted ahead of the Parliamentary debate about the BBC’s Royal Charter reveals the British public’s attitude towards the BBC, particularly the licence fee. The study, by research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, shows that 71 per cent of people feel the BBC is important to them personally and 71 per cent are satisfied […]
Sep 27 2016
All users of the BBC’s iPlayer service will have to log in with a personal account from early 2017. Users of BBC services can already create an online account – known as a BBC ID – but this is not currently required in order to access iPlayer. From Tuesday, BBC ID holders also have to add […]
Aug 12 2016
From September 1st, users of BBC’s on-demand service, iPlayer, will no longer be legally allowed to access it without a TV licence, currently paid for by some 26 million households. According to findings from research firm Ampere Analysis, this will deprive them of access to nearly 4,000 hours of on-demand content, around 75 per cent […]
Jul 7 2015
Following weekend reports that the BBC was set to take on the cost of providing free television licences for over-75s and subsequent confirmation in the House of Commons by Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, the Government has revealed further details of the agreement, Having inherited a challenging fiscal position, the Government says it is pleased that […]
May 13 2015
David Cameron plans to decriminalise watching TV without paying the licence fee. In the UK, it is currently against the law to watch or record live TV programmes without a licence, and the offence can lead to prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000. The Conservatives have previously aborted attempts to make the offence […]
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Feb 3 2020
UK TV Licence set to rise
The Government has confirmed that from 1 April 2020 the cost of the annual television licence fee will increase from £154.50 to £157.50. The Government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and announced in 2016 it would rise in line with inflation for five years from 1 April 2017. The new […]
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By Expat • BBC • Tags: TV Licence