DODGING paying your TV licence could be decriminalised next month in the wake of the BBC Proms row. Boris Johnson ordered a review of sanctions for non-payment of the controversial charge last year…
DODGING paying your TV licence could be decriminalised next month in the wake of the BBC Proms row.
In regards to axing the licence fee jail threat, the source added: "it is hard to see why they [the BBC] should continue to be treated as a special case".The BBC explains that "decriminalisation would not mean payment would become voluntary. Flouters could be prosecuted and fined up to £1,000. In 2018, more than 121,000 people were convicted and sentenced for fee evasion, while being slapped with an average fine of £176.The Proms, broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall, 'have been re-conceived' says the publicityThe Mail's poll of voters showed that two-thirds of voters want the TV licence fee scrapped.
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