BBC licence fee to go up £13 as MPs call on government to stop rise
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe BBC licence fee is set to increase by £13 next year, prompting angry Tory MPs to call on the Government to cancel the rise.
The fee is due to go up in line with inflation in April 2024 after a two-year freeze. The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) this week forecast that the inflation figure used would be 8.2pc.
This means the BBC licence fee will rise from £159 to £172 – the biggest increase in more than 20 years, Leicestershire Live reports.
However, there is pressure on Government ministers to intervene and cancel the inflation-linked increase. Nadine Dorries, the Tory MP who as culture secretary signed off the freeze until 2024, called for no further increases in the licence fee until changes to BBC funding are considered. READ MORE: Furious business owners who transformed 'ghost town' hit out at double yellow lines The licence fee figures have emerged in the wake of the row over BBC impartiality sparked by football presenter Gary Lineker's tweets.
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