Sentence examples for flat licence from inspiring English sources

But now we have a flat licence fee, and hundreds of millions of pounds of new obligations to fund.

It requires it not only to make efficiency savings to live within a flat licence fee up til the end of 2016/17".

We had a flat licence fee deal imposed on us, we had to absorb £500m of costs, absorbing the World Service, BBC Monitoring, £150m for broadband, city [local] TV and S4C.

Western Australia released a green paper looking at possible reforms in July, and is considering the idea that Uber could pay a flat licence fee on behalf of drivers.

Lyons did not disagree and said the BBC Trust would now consult the public about what the future of the corporation should be in light of the flat licence fee and the requirement to make more savings.

He said there would be no editorial job losses in the coming year, but that more efficiencies would need to be found after that, with the BBC facing across-the-board cuts of 16% after the flat licence fee settlement with the government in 2010.

Meantime, the jockey, who also holds a flat racing licence, wants to concentrate on what's set to be his best ever jumps season.

The culture secretary said such a system could help tackle the issue of non-payment, which is currently a criminal officence, as well as introducing a progressive element absent from the flat-rate licence fee.

The words "means testing" were never uttered, though again Whittingdale has made no secret of his own view that a flat-rate licence fee is "regressive" as everyone from poorest to richest pays it.

The BBC's TV, radio and online services are facing a 26% real-terms cut in funding as the corporation seeks to save £800m a year by 2017, to meet targets imposed after the flat 2010 licence-fee deal and free up money to invest in new initiatives.

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