10 h. ago BBC considers using iPlayer to catch out licence fee dodgers

Last year over £500m was lost due to licence fee evasion

Sport

34 h. ago BBC will be in ‘profound jeopardy’ without funding change, director

Tim Davie has backed calls for the licence fee system to be overhauled

Politics

39 h. ago BBC faces ‘profound jeopardy’ without funding overhaul, Tim Davie says

Exclusive: Outgoing director general indicates support for update to licence-fee model as part of wider changesThe BBC will face “profound jeopardy” over its future unless it embraces significant changes to its funding, its outgoing director general has said, as he signalled his support for an overhaul of the licence fee.Speaking to the Guardian, Tim Davie called for supporters of the corporation to “stand up and fight” for it, amid increased hostility from its commercial and political critics. Continue reading...

Politics

55 h. ago Netflix and Amazon Prime Video users may need a £174.50 TV Licence

From April 1, 2025, the standard TV Licence fee climbed by 2.9% in accordance with annual CPI inflation

Politics

3 d. ago The divisive BBC show considered lost for more than 60 years that's now been given a new life

The 'lost program that nobody had ever heard of' is now heading to the stage within a new identity

Politics

1 week ago Three ways you can get a refund on your BBC TV licence fee as prices set to rise to £200

HUNDREDS of thousands of Brits could qualify for a free TV licence, as the cost is set to rocket towards £200 a year. Households are being urged to check whether they are due a TV licence refund before April, when the fee typically goes up. The television licence currently costs £174.50, but the fee is likely to...

Economics

1 week ago Thousands can get free BBC TV licence ‘as price could rise to above £180’

The TV licence fee typically rises every year in April, in line with the previous September Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation

Economics

2 w. ago Free TV licences available to people claiming one DWP benefit

Standard TV licences usually cost £174.50 annually, while the black-and-white licence fee now stands at £58.50

Politics

2 w. ago BBC TV licence fee update as MPs discuss advertising or subscription services

A BBC TV licence is currently priced at £174.50

Politics

2 w. ago Fear for future of Channel 4 as BBC may switch to ads and subscription

MPs have been told the licence fee model is 'no longer an option'

Politics

3 w. ago Starmer says closer ties with EU single market preferable to a customs union

Prime minister gives clearest sign yet that government is seeking to further deepen Britain’s links with BrusselsCloser ties with the EU single market are preferable to a customs union, Keir Starmer has said, in his clearest sign yet that the government is seeking to further deepen links with Brussels.The prime minister said the UK should consider “even closer alignment” with the single market. “If it’s in our national interest then we should consider that, we should go that far,” he told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago BBC forced to apologise as they face backlash for tennis's Battle of the Sexes: Fans furious at licence fee being spent on rights for Dubai 'farce' after feed kept cutting out

The event had been mired in controversy since Kyrgios first announced that he would be facing off with women's world No 1 Sabalenka in September during the US Open.

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