The annual payment normally changes on 1 April each year (Photo: Getty Images)The BBC licence fee is set to be frozen for the next two years, keeping it at the current rate of £159. The fee, worth £3.2billion annually to the BBC, went up from £157.50 to £159 last year. The annual payment normally changes on 1 April each year, but is expected to remain at £159 until April 2024. Ms Dorries indicated she wanted to find a new funding model for the BBC after the current licence fee funding deal expires in 2027. She wrote on Twitter: “This licence fee announcement will be the last.

Source: Express January 16, 2022 13:11 UTC