Hounded by licence fee enforcers, I feared a criminal record at 72
When Jean Salt, a retired piano teacher, fell ill last summer, she got behind on paying her BBC television licence. Salt, 72, spent several months […]
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Almost one third of female convictions in UK for BBC TV licence fee evasion, Ministry of Justice figures show
Data sparks claims of ‘indirect gender discrimination’, prompting fresh calls for evasion of the fee to be decriminalised BBC TV licence fee evasion accounts for […]
Women are the easiest targets for BBC TV Licensing
More than 100,000 given criminal records last year for not paying BBC £145.50 fee. One in ten of all cases in magistrates courts are TV […]
Fast lane for BBC TV licence revolution: Move to scrap jail threat for evaders ‘begins in days’
Moves that could decriminalise non-payment of the BBC licence fee will begin within days, the Culture Secretary will announce today. A review of the £145.50-a-year […]
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 […]