The price of a TV licence is to upward push via £5 to £174.50 in 2025, the federal government has introduced.
Hundreds extra families also are to be presented enhance to pay the licence rate, the Division for Tradition, Media and Recreation (DCMS) introduced on Friday.
The cost will pay for BBC presentations and products and services, and the federal government additionally stated ministers will overview the BBC’s constitution to inspect the company’s long term investment.
Tradition Secretary Lisa Nandy stated there can be “a good nationwide dialog concerning the broadcaster’s long-term long term”.
The £5 building up will come into power in April, and is considerably not up to the £10.50 upward push that was once implemented previous this yr.
The federal government stated it could make bigger the Easy Fee Plan (SPP) scheme so 9,000 additional families dealing with monetary issue can break up the once a year cost into extra manageable fortnightly and per thirty days instalments.
The price of a TV licence is because of building up in step with inflation every yr till 2027, following an settlement made in 2022.
The federal government has returned to calculating the rise via the use of an annual inflation price somewhat than a per thirty days one, which was once used closing yr.
In the meantime, the DCMS stated it was once is scrapping a overview of the BBC’s investment style that was once arrange via the former govt, and is disbanding its knowledgeable panel.
As an alternative, the federal government will read about the problem of BBC investment as a part of the constitution overview procedure, earlier than the BBC’s present royal constitution expires in 2027.
The constitution units out the phrases and functions of the BBC’s lifestyles and in most cases lasts for roughly a decade.
The overview “will incorporate unbiased knowledgeable recommendation, stakeholder perspectives and public session to make a decision on how highest to enhance the BBC’s long-term long term”, a remark stated.
Nandy stated: “The BBC supplies much-needed programming for families around the nation, together with kids’s schooling, world-class leisure and depended on information for all other people in all portions of the United Kingdom. I wish to see it thrive for many years to return.
“Throughout the Constitution Evaluate, we can have a good nationwide dialog concerning the broadcaster’s long-term long term, making sure the BBC has a sustainable public investment style that helps its necessary paintings however may be truthful and responsive to people who pay for it.
“Within the brief time period, we’re offering the BBC with investment sure bet, whilst supporting hundreds extra families dealing with monetary hardship to unfold the price of a TV licence.”
International Secretary David Lammy has additionally introduced an additional £32.6m for the BBC International Carrier in 2025-26.
