The BBC warned that its future was in jeopardy after revealing a dramatic plunge in licence fee sales with a further 539,000 households cancelling the charge last year.
The BBC’s 2025/6 annual report revealed that evasion has hit an all-time high with the number of households paying the £180 a-year fee down from 23.8m to 23.3million.
The “steeper than expected” slump cost the BBC around £95m at a time when the broadcaster is making deep cuts to programmes and staff to fill a £500m “black hole” in its finances.
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More than one million people have cancelled their licence in the past three years.
