The annual TV licence fee rose from £174.50 to £180 on April 1. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed the increase is "in line with inflation" as stipulat ...

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has issued a statement on the matter, acknowledging it was 'keeping an open mind' ...

BBC chief Jonathan Munro has explained at a spring conference that the longstanding license fee model is 'showing its age' ...

More than 33,000 people have backed the petition calling for free TV licences for all UK pensioners ...

Campaigners state that 'many pensioners live on the breadline with only the TV for company' and say the £180-a-year licence ...

The license fee is there for people who watch live television, but it is available for free for certain UK households ...

Households are set for another bill increase in April, as the TV licence fee gies up. The Department for Media, Culture and Sport has confirmed that the annual cost of a TV licence will rise from £174 ...

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The annual cost of a TV licence will rise to £180 (€207) from April 1st as required by the 2022 Licence Fee Settlement, in line with inflation. The increase follows the methodology of calculating the ...

A petition calling for all people who get a state pension to be given free television licences has forced the Department for ...