A FURIOUS campaigner has questioned the increase in the BBC TV licence fee to £159 per year, as the hike comes just eight months after a new-found revenue stream was created by removing the free service from an estimated three million pensioners.
Lord Hall faced a number of challenges while at the helm of the BBC for eight years, before Tim Davie took over last September.
Among the most crippling, was the Government s decision to waive the licence fee for over-75s – which was changed last year to only cover those on pension credits.
Another was the battle to crack down on fee evasion and regaining the quarter-of-a-million people who chose not to renew their licence.
Lord Hall said the BBC had considered a number of different ways to charge the public, including a means-tested system, deducting the fee from council tax and more.
| UPDATED: 08:40, Sat, Jan 30, 2021
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Calvin Robinson, who heads up the Defund the BBC campaign, told talkRADIO that the BBC needed a different business model to stop the corporation splashing taxpayer money. The campaigner slammed the corporation for spending their revenue on diversity quotas and bias watch. It comes after the broadcaster provoked a furious public backlash over its response to complaints from viewers about its controversial educational video on gender identity.
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TV licence payments are required even if a person chooses not to watch the BBC, and the sum is currently set at £157.70 per year. People are able to pay all in one go or spread the cost of their payment through Direct Debit. However, the opinion on the TV Licence fee does not appear to be a favourable one among Britons.