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09.02.2021 / 22:01
Gary Lineker enrages fans with 'offensive joke' to British license fee payers
direct to your inboxYesterday the BBC announced that it will be increasing how much license fees cost, and will start charging OAPs for the service, which was previously free.From April 1 the license fee will go up by £1.50, and will now cost £159 instead of £157.50.There was a bigger increase last year, when the cost went up from £154.50.Retweeting the BBC's announcement, the former footballer wrote: "But, but I’ve just taken a pay cut."Despite the tweet being an obvious attempt at humour, it