Households face a huge rise in the BBC TV licence fee charge. By the end of the decade, it’s projected that the fee will go up to nearly £200.

The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the annual charge will jump from £174.50 to just under £197. This is largely due to inflation. Meanwhile, the BBC is due to lose around £1 billion in cancellations and non-payments which have occurred over the last year, reports GB News . Viewers are leaving in record numbers, with over 300,000 cancellations last year. Now, 3.6 million people say they don’t need a TV licence. The BBC has faced a series of scandals that culminated in the resignation of director-general Sir Tim Davie last month.

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