Sentences with phrase «many licence fee»

That said, the real muscle behind the pushback stems from disenfranchised cab operators, who must comply with a complex web of regulations and shell out for insurance, vehicle maintenance and exorbitant licence fees: In Montreal, cab drivers pay around $ 200,000 for a taxi medallion.

Also contained in the system is payment software that will allow the paying of fines, rates and licence fees.

The BBC is publishing star pay after the government asked it to be more transparent about the way it spends its # 3.7 billion income from TV licence fee payers.

Washington's Office of Financial Management predicts state revenues will grow by at least US$ 216 million over six years thanks to licence fees and business taxes, and municipal revenues will go up around $ 200 million.

No money from the licence fee was used to create this website.

A name switch would have saved the company tens of millions of dollars a year in licence fees to multinational Chevron Texaco.

I welcome the German influence at Arsenal, apart from world wars Germans are winners, but sorry to quickly go off topic, I can't quite believe what Ian Wright said to Arsenal tweeters who complained about the BBC's bias punditry after the Arsenal / Man United game, saying to the fans «there's no polite way of telling you to f *** off», Oh lovely, is that what I pay my licence fee for?

Can anyone explain to me why the BBC is paying Joseph Barton licence fee payers money to talk about football?

There are no licence fees to pay.

He singlehandedly caused the establishment of courts to prosecute defaulters of the licence fee.

Buying back programmes and services that, at the moment, we get through our licence fee.

He insists Scots would not pay a higher licence fee or lose access to BBC programming, thanks to joint ventures.

In a statement issued today, Mr Alston said firearms licence fees are «significantly too low».

«Their numbers don't add up and it means something simple for Scottish consumers: accept lower quality TV programmes, or a higher licence fee to buy back what you already have.»

Earlier this week former prime minister Gordon Brown alleged that the Tories had done a «deal» with the Murdochs, in which favourable newspaper coverage was exchanged for sympathetic policy decisions on media issues like Ofcom and the BBC licence fee.

The Daily Mail is screaming Anarchy In The UK at a moment for the BBC that is being described as Armageddon Time with negotiation over the licence fee looming.

We could argue all day about funding sources and whether the licence fee is a tax.

May said the BBC's «dominant position on the internet» - coupled with its ability to subsidise the provision of internet news via the licence fees - was partly to blame for local newspapers facing a «particularly hard time» at present.

There are many controversies around the way the BBC is funded (is the license fee a «tax» / how can you «sell» programmes that are made with licence fee funding / where does the World Service draw the line between «international development» and «propaganda» etc etc), but it is fundamentally NOT an organ of the state.

Sick of paying my licence fee for it

And this is the same BBC for which we all pay our licence fee, and we all enjoy the national output as well as the Scottish output.»

The television licence fee will rise by less than inflation, after chancellor Gordon Brown turned down requests by the BBC for a higher increase.

Yesterday in the Commons the Conservatives proposed that the licence fee be frozen for the coming year.

John Whittingdale MP, Chairman of the Culture and Media Select Committee: «A lot of people would be very surprised that somebody who was in the job for such a short period of time and then had to leave in these circumstances should be walking away with # 450,000 of licence fee - payers» money.»

We announced in October that from 2014 responsibility for the BBC World Service will be transferred to the BBC itself and funded from the licence fee, a move that has been welcomed by the World Service and the BBC Trust as providing new opportunities for the World Service to develop in the future.

In the Commons yesterday Christopher Chope MP introduced a Bill that would ensure revenue from the licence fee would only go to public service broadcasting.

Liberal Democrats and Labour unite to defeat Jeremy Hunt's bid for one year freeze in licence fee

Issues including licence fee and stars» pay among «exhausting» negotiations between culture secretary and broadcaster

And why not use any revenues from the planned increase in the licence fees for the mobile phone spectrum, expected to be over # 1billion in the next parliament, to capitalise the British Investment Bank so that, region by region, we can get small and growing businesses the finance they need to grow and create jobs?

If you've ever tried to access iPlayer abroad, you'll know the BBC doesn't make it available overseas to people who aren't paying the licence fee.

The BBC needs to cut its spending but that normally won't help cut the deficit, though it will mean a welcome break for licence fee payers.

We want to reiterate our position that the concerned lotto agents association of Ghana had made suggestions as to how they are going to raise revenue for the Central government as contained in our earlier petition to the president of the republic and state unequivocally that we aren't against the regularization of the industry but are against the excruciating one million non-refundable licencing fee for an operator.

The shadow culture secretary, Ivan Lewis, has demanded an urgent parliamentary inquiry into the BBC licence fee settlement following thehastily negotiated deal agreed with the government last week.

His request follows the agreement last week between the government and the corporation that will see the BBC licence fee frozen at # 145.50 for six years until 2017.

Last year, Whittingdale said the BBC licence fee was «worse than a poll tax» and must be «tweaked immediately».

BASC notes that a further discussion will take place regarding shotgun licence fees.

In his most incendiary claim, Baldwin also says that Tory officials threatened the BBC with far - reaching reforms, such as changes to the licence fee funding system.

But Labour sources will point to the fact that John Whittingdale, who has been a critic of the BBC licence fee system, is the new culture secretary.

Arguably # 3m to fight the case is not a good use of the licence fee.

They have concluded their historic support for continuing the BBC licence fee may have to be withdrawn.

«By making the BBC the country's biggest mutual, with 26.8 million licence fee payers as its shareholders, we would bring greater accountability and responsiveness to secure its future in the 21st century,» Jowell said.

It was late one night during the Labour conference, that the he suggested this government might try to make savings in the Foreign Office budget by transfering the # 272m annual budget of the BBC World Service directly to the BBC, to paid out of income from the licence fee.

I understand the new deal, brokered between the BBC and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is likely to involve a new figure for the licence fee.

If the whole # 556m cost is to be met by the current licence fee, which brought the BBC # 3.45 bn in 2009 - 10, it would be the equivalent of a 16 % cut in the BBC's licence fee income.

Two senior sources - in Downing Street and the Foreign Office - have told me that a deal has now been done where in future the cost of the BBC World Service - currently # 272m a year - will have to come from the licence fee rather than the Foreign Office budget.

That said, it would be unacceptable for licence fee payers to pick up the bill for what is a DWP universal benefit.»

The BBC will no doubt argue it's wrong for the licence fee to be used to pay for a welfare benefit, and a severe erosion of BBC independence.

Each licence fee payer would be given a vote via a Pin number, in which they could register their voting intentions on various issues.

Many councils have waived fees for street party road closures for neighbours who want to string up the bunting and lay out the party food, and the BBC has waived the licence fee for communities wanting to watch it together.

But he has also caused controversy by heavily criticising the BBC licence fee.