Rejected petition The BBC Licence Fee should not be compulsory.

Rejected on 26 October 2023

To change the Law so subscription to the BBC is voluntary.

This is because the BBC should have to compete fairly with other broadcasters and a compulsory fee is unfair on lower income groups.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/649092

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