Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says the government is looking at ways to ensure the licence fee remains affordable as it is set to rise with inflation. The licence fee, which funds BBC radio and television services, has been frozen at the annual price of £159 for the past two years but it was previously agreed it would rise in line with inflation after April 2024.
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00:00 We are concerned with the cost of living.
00:02 We want to make sure that people can afford to pay their bills.
00:05 And we froze the licence fee as part of that for two years.
00:09 It is due to rise with inflation, but we're looking very carefully at how we can ensure
00:14 that that is affordable for licence fee payers across the country.
00:19 The BBC is operationally independent.
00:22 I think it provides a world-class service, but the decisions it makes in relation to
00:26 what services it does or doesn't provide is a matter for it, obviously overseen by Ofcom.