(BBC) — The UK’s annual television licence fee is to rise to £150.50 from £147, the government has announced.

The increase, which will come into effect on 1 April, follows last year’s rise to £147 from £145.50.

Last year the government announced that the licence fee would rise in line with inflation for the next five years.

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