In the age of internet streaming services, Britain’s TV licence fee is a dinosaur – and could face a formal review as a growing number of MPs voice concerns that it’s “unsustainable”.

The BBC licence fee is out of date and should be scrapped, a new report claims. This latest attack on the £169.50 fee makes the case for changing the broadcaster into a subscription service like ...

The last culture secretary to renegotiate the BBC charter has claimed that the licence fee is now “unsustainable” and must be replaced by an alternative form of funding. Sir John Whittingdale ...

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App may be used for buying alcohol, boarding domestic flights and voting Driving licences are to be digitised and put onto smartphones later this year, it has been reported. The Times claimed the ...

The UK is to introduce digital driving licences this year as part of major plans to offer more government services digitally. The Government said it wants to launch the digital licences ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is ‘considering’ ending TV licence fee, according to reports. It could be replaced by a ‘new tax’. The current BBC royal charter is up at the end of 2027.

A major overhaul of how driving licences are issued and work in the UK are about to be announced, according to reports. New digital driving licences are expected to be rolled out potentially as ...

The UK Government is considering plans to make Netflix and Disney+ users pay the Licence Fee to help fund the BBC. Plans to extend those liable to pay the fee are being weighed up by the Treasury ...