6 d. ago BBC TV licence fee update as next '3.8 per cent' rise 'could be blocked'

The fee had been scheduled to rise once again but that plan has now been thrown into question

Politics

7 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should the BBC be allowed to continue charging a compulsory licence fee?

After years of scandals for the BBC culminating in the dramatic resignations of Director-General Tim Davie, the corporation is coming under increasing scrutiny over its mandatory licence fee.

Politics

7 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: No amount of arm twisting will stem the tide of licence fee refuseniks

Instead of shining a light through the fog of digital distortion which blights all our efforts to learn the truth, BBC News has become part of the problem, not the solution, writes ANDREW NEIL.

Politics

8 d. ago BBC loses £1.1 billion as more viewers cancel or evade TV licence fee

The publishing of the report comes after a number of scandals at the BBC in recent months

Economics

8 d. ago BBC loses £1.1billion as millions of homes refuse to pay the licence fee amid 'bias' storm

The BBC lost more £1.1billion last year as a one in eight households refused to pay the licence fee. While 3.6million households simply said they did not want to use the BBC's services.

Economics

8 d. ago BBC missed out on £1.1 billion in unpaid licence fee payments last year, report reveals

The publishing of the report comes after a number of scandals at the BBC in recent months

Economics

9 d. ago Bias, climate alarmism, and why the BBC licence fee's days are numbered

As the BBC’s Royal Charter comes up for renewal, a review of the funding model is long overdue

Events

1 week ago BBC Clothes Show star Jeff Banks boycotts licence fee and accuses 'extremely biased' corporation of harassing him with 'threatening' letters

The acclaimed fashion designer has turned on his former employer, as he reveals that he has cancelled his licence fee and has no desire to engage with BBC content.

Events

1 week ago Nigel Farage: It's time to end the BBC's 'appallingly regressive' licence fee

Nigel Farage branded the broadcaster 'rotten to the core', claiming it has become a 'byword for sleaze, hypocrisy, arrogance, anti-Semitism and worse' as it fights for its future.

Politics

1 week ago NIGEL FARAGE: It's a lie to say Reform wants to abolish the BBC. But we DO want to scrap the licence fee

For years, the flawed BBC has lurched from crisis to crisis, scandal to scandal, writes NIGEL FARAGE. In truth, the organisation is rotten to the core.

Politics

1 week ago Elon Musk's Grok turns on billionaire creator and issues warning over AI plans

Grok, the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk, has turned on its billionaire creator and issued a warning over his xAI plans, as well as encouraging people to ditch the BBC licence fee

Events

2 w. ago ‘My TV licence fee shouldn’t be used to compensate Donald Trump’

A petition urging the BBC not to compensate Donald Trump following his $1 billon legal threat has now passed over 45,000 signatures.

Politics

2 w. ago BBC licence fee ‘criminalises people who want to watch television’, Nadine Dorries says

Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has attacked the BBC licence fee , arguing the mandatory payment "criminalises people who want to watch television."

Events

2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer ducks demands to ditch the licence fee as he rallies behind the BBC and insists it is 'stronger than ever'... while Trump threatens to hit the corporation with a $1billion lawsuit

Downing Street pushed back against claims by Donald Trump that the corporation's 'corrupt' journalists are peddling '100 per cent fake news'.

Events

2 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is it time to scrap BBC licence fee as corporation finds itself embroiled in ANOTHER scandal?

The explosive edit led to the downfall of director-general Tim Davie and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, (pictured).

Politics

2 w. ago Nigel Farage warns BBC licence fee 'cannot survive' and broadcaster might have 'no future' as he says Trump is 'enraged' about speech

Nigel Farage complained that the corporation has been 'institutionally biased for decades' as he responded to the dramatic resignations of the Director General and head of news.

Events

2 w. ago Should licence fee be scrapped after BBC’s latest scandal? VOTE NOW

BBC director-general Tim Davie dramatically resigned last night following the latest scandal to hit the broadcaster. It comes after a leaked memo written by the former BBC editorial and guidelines committee adviser, said the BBC misled viewers by doctoring clips of a Donald Trump speech. A Panorama episode spliced together different sections of President Trump's...

Politics

3 w. ago BBC licence fee 2026 update: New annual fee predicted as thousands stop paying

An additional 300,000 households have stopped paying the licence fee in the last 12 months

Politics

3 w. ago Government urged to replace annual BBC TV licence fee with ads before price rise

The annual TV licence fee is set to rise in April 2026

Politics

3 w. ago New call to replace annual TV licence fee of £174.50 with adverts or paywall

The BBC TV licence fee could rise from £174.50 to £181.15 next April under the current uprating measure.

Economics