Rejected petition: Abort and ban any existing and future plans for BBC "YouTube Tax" style funding
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No additional tax should be added to pay for the BBC. The British Public is already taxed enough. Subscription services are the norm. The BBC should change to that. Subscription services already cost a premium. No tax should be added for something people don't watch. The BBC needs to do better.
The license fee currently costs £180. That is already a lot of money for one person/household. The BBC should not be funded by charging the public additional tax on streaming/internet services that do not belong to the BBC.
Furthermore, the TV licensing agency is an absolute disgrace to the public. Sending many harassing letters of false threats to multiple households. Waste of paper, poor use of funding, and bad for the environment.
We do not need more tax on entertainment we already pay for.
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this open petition which calls for similar action:
'Do not extend the BBC licence fee to streaming services'
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769762We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.