10/03/2008
TV License Fee To Rise
TV license fees are set to rise from April 1, the Government has announced.
The cost of a colour television licence will rise to £139.50 from £135.50 and the cost of a black and white licence will rise to £47 from £45.50.
The increase, to be brought into effect by an order laid in the House of Commons today, follows the six-year BBC funding settlement, which began in April 2007.
The licence fee will increase by three per cent for the first two years of the settlement and two per cent in years three, four and five.
An increase of up to two per cent in year six will be set nearer the time.
(KMcA)
The cost of a colour television licence will rise to £139.50 from £135.50 and the cost of a black and white licence will rise to £47 from £45.50.
The increase, to be brought into effect by an order laid in the House of Commons today, follows the six-year BBC funding settlement, which began in April 2007.
The licence fee will increase by three per cent for the first two years of the settlement and two per cent in years three, four and five.
An increase of up to two per cent in year six will be set nearer the time.
(KMcA)
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