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Petition · past parliament

Revoke the BBC charter. It's behaved disgracefully and is not fit for purpose.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The people who pay for the BBC are not represented by the organisation. Therefore the license fee is completely unfair.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Revoke the BBC's Royal Charter.

Timeline

31 Jan 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 Feb 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Feb 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.