The BBC licence fee is set to increase by more than £10 next year – but bosses had hoped for a hike of closer to £15. The annual levy currently costs £159, and that figure will rise by 6.7 percent in line
A former MEP has slammed the proposed hike of the BBC licence fee to more than £170 saying it’s a tax on the British people and should be scrapped. The mandatory charge for watching the BBC is thought to be rising by
Sunak said the BBC should be “realistic” about what it can expect people to pay (Image: Getty) Campaigners have urged the government to block any increase in the TV licence fee until the BBC agrees to make it free for the over-75s.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said she is “concerned” the planned nine per cent rise in the licence fee is “very high”. She said the Government will be making an announcement amid speculation Rishi Sunak will block the hike in the annual charge,
Leeds United supporters have urged the BBC to apologise for what they claim are damaging and inaccurate scenes in the recent dramatisation of the Jimmy Savile scandal. Clive Miers, chair of the Leeds United Supporters Network, hit out at the broadcaster for
An insider has claimed there is no way back for Huw Edwards after his portrait has been removed from the BBC’s famous atrium. Mr Edwards, 62, was suspended by the BBC in July after it was alleged that he paid a young
Alfreton Town were forced to postpone their FA Cup second-round meeting with Walsall just minutes before the game was due to kick off, sparking a furious reaction from both sets of supporters. The match was due to be shown live on the
A BBC audience has been criticised for its silence following a speech by Andrew Neil describing Hamas’ regime as “Nazi-type”. Jake Wallis Simons, editor of the Jewish Chronicle, took to Twitter today to slam the crowd of Thursday night’s episode of Question
The then-proposed incoming chair of the BBC, Richard Sharp, told MPs on Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee in January 2021 that he believed the programme had more Remainers than Brexiteers as panellists in the lead up to the UK leaving the
The BBC is being forced to cut back key shows in a bid to save £500m. As part of this plan, BBC Two’s Newsnight is due to be slimmed down and have its format dramatically changed. The flagship show will lose its dedicated