Boris Johnson’s British government is forging ahead with plans that the BBC has said could blow a £200M ($262M) hole in its content budget by weakening its ability to collect its £3.7B ($4.8B…
has said could blow a £200M hole in its content budget by weakening its ability to collect its £3.7B licence fee revenue.
It said more than 121,000 people were convicted for licence fee evasion in 2018, but the BBC pointed out that only five people in England and Wales were jailed for not paying court fines. Morgan said the time has come to “make sure the TV licence fee remains relevant in this changing media landscape,” adding that “many people” feel that criminal sanctions for evaders “punishes the vulnerable.”
It comes just five years after the government commissioned an independent review by David Perry QC into licence fee evasion. At the time, he said the current system is “fair and proportionate,” as well as providing “good value for money.”
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