The cost of a BBC TV Licence looks set to rise again next year, following a £5 rise in April.

Each year, the licence fee is set by the Government and typically rises every April in line with the previous September’s rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation.

Earlier this year, that meant the cost rose from £169.50 to £174.50.

Every household in the UK is legally required to have a TV licence in order to watch or record live TV, regardless of what channel it is on.

Now it looks like the licence fee could rise again, as September’s rate of inflation was confirmed to be 3.8 per cent.

That increase would take the new fee for a colour TV licence to just over £181, though no increase has yet been confirmed by the Government.

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