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Ofcom signalled in 2010 that annual licence fees would rise, at the request of ministers.
For more recent spectrum awards, the government has held auctions and demanded upfront payments instead of annual licence fees.
Since 2005, Westminster City Council has charged sex shop owners in the West End of London £29,102 for their annual licence.
Ofcom, the broadcast regulator, found Arise in breach of its licence for failing to pay its annual licence fee by the required date.
Although the service is free to suppliers, councils sign four year contracts for the cloud-based service and pay annual licence and maintenance fees.
Corporation executives are fighting to retain control of the £3.6bn annual licence fee, which the government wants it to share with other broadcasters.
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A Conservative government will tell the BBC to give up its annual licence-fee increase next year if the party wins the general election and the economic downturn continues, shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said today.
Annual licences are granted by the information affairs authority (IAA) and their renewal can be arbitrary.
In March Lambeth contacted those running classes on Clapham Common to introduce fees of up to £39,900 for annual licences (existing operators were offered a 75% discount).
Cars brought in from other countries are hammered with a 200%-plus import tax, motorised vehicles require the purchase of annual licences, and the price of fuel has been rising fast, with recent increases met with public strikes and violence.
Revenue from liquor, and from the annual licences bars need to sell it, are a major source of revenue for the state, which has a love-hate relationship with prohibition.
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