Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Change the BBC licence fee system to a subscription based system.

Given the current availability of media through internet and the increasingly large number of TV stations, not many people watch the BBC, but they still have a pay a hefty annual licence for a service they do not use. This is not fair. The TV licence is an archaic concept. It needs to be modernised.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216642

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