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Do you believe in the BBC licence fee?

20 July 2012

A TV licence costs £145.50 a year for any home with a colour TV, and pays for the BBC - that's TV, radio, regional programmes, BBC online and associated costs (full details).

Do you believe in the licence fee?

A TV licence costs £145.50 a year for any home with a colour TV, and pays for the BBC - that's TV, radio, regional programmes, BBC online and associated costs (full details).

Do you believe in the licence fee?

Results

No. I'd happily see ads fund it2,392 votes (52 %)
Yes, but it's far too high. It needs to be cut and scaled back862 votes (19 %)
Yes. I think it's an important public service1,385 votes (30 %)

                   4,639 votes received.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.

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