Your annual TV licence fee is going up this week
nme.comBBC TV licence fee for 2024-2025 is increasing in price this year following a two year freeze period.This year, the fee for a colour licence will increase to £169.50 up from the previous £159 fee, while a black and white licence costs £57, increasing from £53.50 last year.According to the TV Licensing website, the government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and in December 2023 the Secretary of State announced that the “government would raise the licence fee by 6.7 per cent, in line with inflation, taking effect from April 1 2024.”They add: “This is a rise of under 3p a day and is the first time the licence fee has increased since April 1 2021.
The Government decided that the licence fee would rise annually in line with inflation from April 1 2024 for the remaining four years of the Charter period.
The BBC’s current Charter runs until 2027.”Some people are eligible for discounts, including those who are blind, those living in certain types of residential care and for over 75s receiving Pension Credit.Money raised from the licence fee pays for BBC shows and services – including TV, radio, the BBC website, podcasts, iPlayer and apps.There were 24.4 million licences in force in the UK in the year to March 2023 according to the BBC.The BBC’s total income from the licence fee in 2023 was £3.74billion.
This accounts for 65 per cent of the BBC’s total income, which is currently at £5.73billion.In exchange for licence fee money, the BBC is public service broadcasting which, as noted by its Royal Charter, means its mission is “to act in the public interest” by providing “impartial, high-quality and distinctive” content, which will “inform, educate and entertain” everyone who pays the licence fee (via BBC).E.
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