The TV licence fee is to rise by £5.50 from £174.50 to £180 from 1 April, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said.
The change will add an extra 46p a month onto the licence fee, and is larger than last year’s rise of £5.
DMCS says the increase has been calculated by using the consumer price index (CPI), the main metric used to measure inflation. This method is set to continue at least until the end of the BBC Charter Period in December 2027.
The TV licence is a legal permit that must be acquired to watch or record live programmes on any device. Anyone who watches or records broadcasted TV programmes must have a TV licence. This can either be through purchase or given free to those receiving pension credit and 75 years or older.
The annual fee is the BBC’s primary source of funding, giving the public broadcaster £3.66 billion in 2023/24.
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