BBC TV licence fee ‘evaders’ will no longer face prison
Failure to buy a BBC TV licence will be decriminalised and replaced with fines enforced in the civil courts and by bailiffs under government plans. […]
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BBC’s ex-boss says TV licence is too expensive: Michael Grade also believes people who do not pay should not be criminalised
The BBC licence fee is ‘too high’ and should be decriminalised, its former chairman has admitted. Michael Grade, who left the corporation in 2006 to […]
TV licence cheats make up a TENTH of all magistrate court cases
More than 3,000 people a week are being prosecuted for not having a TV licence making up a tenth of all magistrate court cases, it […]