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Not necessarily so....they make a loss on it.
If I can find the article about it I will post it.
It doesn't have to be economic when they can spend what they want with no constraints.....(they spend 34 million quid on taxis...surely there must be a more economical way of transporting whoever)they will just go back to government and ask for an uplift in the licence....that was when the DWP were responsible for the over 75concessions...but now they cite this as part of their cost cutting issues.

The way people view programs now means that the licence should be abolished.
Back in 1920 when it was instituted, there was only the BBC that was available making radio programs.
Now it is different.
The corporation belongs to the public. It is supposed to provide education and entertainment for the public.....that is its reason for being.
And the deal with Osborne was 'let us raise the licence fee.....and we'll take over the provision of the concession'
It was a promise in the last Tory party manifesto too.....for what That's worth.

George Osborne must have been laughing his socks off.
And Lord Hall thought he had done a good deal!

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/76...ce-fee-dodgers

This is not the original article I read....can't find that one....but this contains much of the information in original.

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whilst i disagree with over 75,s having to pay for this licence i do think that they should be robust in catching those without one. years ago you saw those detection vans about but this seems something from the past. like car tax and insurance, no one really wants to pay it but for the majority of us we just get on with it and pay up.

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why should they give a monkies? us mugs that do pay the license finance things.:rolleyes:

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Yes Cashy, that is a large part of the BBC's problem, they are not accountable...they don't need to make ends meet...they can just ask for an uplift in the licence and poof...it is done.

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Just had a look through all next weeks BBC schedule and there is NOTHING I will be watching. Why not make it a subscription channel for the people who do want it. The only thing then would be that I imagine so few would subscribe it would be unsustainable, and go the way of SKY channels which aren't watched.
Mark

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Mark...if they made it subscription they would have to up their game.
You yourself have said there is nothing in the next weeks offerings that you would choose to watch.
You are not on your own. So on that basis do you think they would make money?

I no longer trust the BBC either in its reportage of the news and even some of the documentaries have been faked...or had fake stuff included to suit climate change agenda, or other such 'woke' (i hate that term)issues

I watch very little TV these days(and it is getting less)...when himself is out of the house I switch the TV off.
I could honestly live happily without it.

Anyway this situation has prompted many older folk to seek out advice regarding the Pension credit...so it maybe that both the government AND the BBC will lose out

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1229022]

I no longer trust the BBC either in its reportage of the news and even some of the documentaries have been faked...or had fake stuff included to suit climate change agenda, or other such 'woke' (i hate that term)issues

the thing that only the BBC do good documentary programmes and top news stories went to the wall years ago. as good and better on other channels for me.

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Agree with monkey hanger stuff went years ago.:(

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Yes, it did.
It is not the trusted broadcaster it once was...very biased.
It is like this news....about the licence fees.
Had it been a government led cut (and, yes...it was that in real terms) they would have been screaming about the 'poor and vulnerable' from the roof tops.
I think the news was released early to co-ordinate with the leadership race.
They hoped that the candidates would pick up the baton and promise to take responsibility for the fee.
That was what Age UK reported...it caught them on the hop, but more than half a million have signed their petition.

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Yes, it did.
It is not the trusted broadcaster it once was...very biased.
It is like this news....about the licence fees.
Had it been a government led cut (and, yes...it was that in real terms) they would have been screaming about the 'poor and vulnerable' from the roof tops. They would have been wetting themselves with glee.
I think the news was released early to co-ordinate with the leadership race.
They hoped that the candidates would pick up the baton and promise to take responsibility for the fee.
That was what Age UK reported...it caught them on the hop, but more than half a million have signed their petition.

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Did someone say new Eastender's set now 27 Million over budget total cost. 86.7 Million

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...o-brick-brick/

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I think I might have posted the projected costs early on in the thread.
There are lots of other irresponsible costs incurred too.
32 million on a channel that no -one.....not a single viewer....has ever watched.
The BBC are not accountable.
They can spend whatever they please....and if they run short they will petition whatever government is in power for an uplift in the licence fees.....typically the deal where they took over this responsibility, saw them being promised an uplift in the fees and a yearly uplift to cover inflation.

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Whats that channel margaret?

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The current kerfuffle over the conservative Leaders debate shows the BBC to be biased.....so not truthful....because if you skew the perspective on an important news item then how can it be truthful?

During this weeks schedule of programs there are 110 repeats.
Things we have seen more than once....but are expected to pay for again.

It is time to ditch the charge for a TVLicence.
Let the BBC find other sources for its ridiculous spending