The UK TV licence fee is going up.

But scrapping it will unfairly mean many pay even more.

I saw an interview the other day talking about what was being proposed to replace the licence fee.

And it’s not good news for anyone.

Let’s look at some options :-

- Scrap BBC.
- Introduce advertising.
- make it subscription based.
- Introduce a diferent tax to replace it.

Out of these.. scrapping the BBC is unlikely. Advertising is unlikely.. as comercial chanels are already struggling, and a subscription fee would not generate enough cash to replace the current licence fee.

I know I’d not subscribe to the BBC for £175 per year.. I get virtually zero value from it now. And being more expensive than Netflix is insane for the value I get.

So this only leaves creating a new tax. The one being proposed is a ‘Broadband Tax’. Even if you don’t watch live TV or iplayer.. I can almost guarantee everyone needs their broadband. This would widen the net.. and make everyone need to pay this.

And even more concerning is to base it on the size of your house.. like council tax. So if your house is in the wrong band.. you could be paying a lot more than this current licence fee.

It would be unfairly pushing prices up for an older widowed person living in a larger home.

Currently over 75 year olds get free TV licnence.. I would expect this new tax be when thst is scrapped.

But sadly.. The idea of only paying for the BBC if you use it is unlikely to happen.

At least it’s possible to opt out right now.

In the future it could be more expensive, and impossible to legally not pay it.

I dont think it’s fair. And the BBC is personally not good value to me as a viewer. If this could change, it would make a huge difference.

But what does anyone think to my assessment of this?