TV licence fee set to rise from April 1

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direct to your inboxThe TV licence fee is set to rise from April 1, it has been announced.The fee will rise from £157.50 to £159 - the fifth year a price hike has been made.This equates to £3.06 a week or £13.25 a month, while the cost of an annual black and white licence will rise from £52 to £53.It comes after the government announced in 2016 that the licence fee would rise in line with inflation each year for five years from April 1, 2017.The annual licence fee legally has to be paid for people watching live TV or on BBC iPlayer on any device.This also applies to watching other live programmes on online TV service such as ITV Hub, All 4, YouTube, Now TV and Sky Go.Anyone caught not paying their TV licence could be forced to pay a maximum.