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Discontinue the TV license.

Submitted on Tuesday 3rd February 2026

Rejected on Tuesday 24th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Discontinue the TV license.

Petition Details

The TV licence needs to be discontinued. In this day and age it is no longer needed. The general consensus of the general public is that it is a waste of peoples money and in fact robbery.

Additional Information

Minimal people still watch live TV with the majority using streaming. If the BBC want income then introduce adverts.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Scrap the TV Licence
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/754524

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