Overview
- The Department for Culture, Media and Sport says no final decision has been made, with the exact figure due later in November.
- The current charge of £174.50 is projected to increase by almost £7 next spring, taking the cost past £175 earlier than previously anticipated.
- The fee remains indexed to inflation until at least spring 2028 under the existing funding settlement.
- Active licences fell from 24.1 million to 23.8 million last year as roughly 300,000 households stopped paying.
- The BBC raised about £3.8 billion from licence fees last year, yet the Culture Secretary is assessing a mixed funding model that could add new revenue streams.