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Petition · past parliament

Support a Referendum to abolish compulsory BBC licence fee

Closed 260 signatures

What the petition asks

In this age of fair competition the BBC should not be able to unfairly demand a yearly licence payment from the general public without giving the people the choice of having or not having the BBC channels, this is an outdated and unfair monopoly.
No other media company gets a compulsory payment from the uk general public.
You can choose to have Virgin,Sky etc You have no choice when it comes to the BBC

Timeline

1 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 Sep 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 260
Status Closed
Opened 1 Mar 2019
Closed 1 Sep 2019

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