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One joked: “Saves wasting it on making tv programmes for the snowflake and woke brigade.”
Another said: “They don t get a penny from me, and haven t for the past 7 years.”
A third referred to the corporation’s Comic Relief charity appeal and wrote: “It s us who need relief from these comics .”
The BBC has been criticised for scrapping free TV licences for the over 75s (Image: Getty)
The cash is in addition to a separate BBC arrangement for staff taxis, worth up to £74 million when it was last put out to tender in 2018.
The BBC said that £15 million was the maximum possible spend and represented an annual cost of about £2 million.
Coronavirus vaccine: The number of vaccines administered in different countries (Image: EXPRESS) There is no biological mechanism that would mean the vaccine is likely to cause blood clots and so it has surprised vaccination experts that individual countries are taking this step. After all the World Health Organisation, the European Medicine Agency and the UK Drugs Regulator are all insistent that there is no link between the vaccine and blood clots.
On Monday morning, UK Government Minister Kit Malthouse reiterated his support for the Oxford vaccine.
He told Sky News said: Scientists tell us all is well and that the incidence of these particular problems is no greater than you would expect in the population at large.
TV licence fees around the world (Image: Express)
A BBC spokesperson said: The BBC is the most used media brand in the country, with 91 percent of adults coming to us each week. We are committed to serving all parts of the UK with brilliant content our audiences love.
Last month, the BBC announced they would be rising the mandatory licence fee by £1.50 from £157.50 to £159 from April.
The news sparked a strong reaction on Twitter.
Damning poll shows BBC out of touch (Image: Getty)
People buying or renewing their TV licence after April 1 will pay the new higher fee.
Those already buying a licence on an instalment scheme which started before that date, such as via a monthly direct debit or weekly cash payments, will continue to make payments totalling £157.50 until it comes up for renewal.
We are one of the very few British institutions to be seen as world class. As I have argued elsewhere, it would be a colossal act of national self-harm if regulators or governments were to take steps which diminished the role of the BBC.
Express.co.uk readers have reacted furiously to his comments, with hundreds condemning the appalling attitude of the BBC.
The BBC S outgoing chairman brutally warned Boris Johnson against making changes to the BBC (Image: PA/Getty)
Boris Johnson was warned not to make changes to the BBC (Image: Getty)
One person wrote: I’m annoyed I am forced to fund things I don’t like.