Not paying the TV licence fee could become a
civil offence, rather than a criminal one, under plans being considered by
ministers.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller said "decriminalisation of the
licence fee should be on the table" during the BBC's charter review before
2017.
The BBC said changing the law could lead to more people failing to pay.
Instead of decriminalising
the non-payment of the licence fee I think the sensible thing to do would be to
get rid of it altogether.
It makes no sense to
charge to force people to pay £145 a year to watch BBC channels on top of any
other subscriptions, Sky, Virgin etc. when you can go online and watch all their
programmes free on BBC iPlayer.
To compensate for the lack
of income through the licence fee the BBC could do what everyone else is doing
and tighten their belts, cut out the people who are paid inflated wages and are
not offering value for money, that would more than make up for the shortfall a
scrapped licence fee would leave.
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