The BBC is going up by £3 in April, rising to £157.50 - just in time for all those over-75-year-olds to start paying it in June.
Update - And some thoughts thereon:
Patrick O'Flynn: OK, which one of you has got a double agent into the Beeb? Better tell them to tone it down as they are going to get uncovered very quickly by punting self-harming ideas like this.Allison Pearson: Slightly Kamikaze timing?Patrick O'Flynn: Yes, they seem to have no idea what non-bubble dwellers are thinking at the moment.
