February 2020. Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan has launched a public consultation on whether non-payment of the TV licence fee should remain a criminal offence. Currently, anyone who watches or records live TV or uses iPlayer without a TV licence is guilty of a criminal offence and could go to prison. Baroness Morgan said it was time to think about keeping the fee “relevant” in a “changing media landscape”. The BBC said a 2015 review found the current system to be the fairest. The consultation, which will last eight weeks with the government publishing its response this summer, will also look at the viability of an alternative enforcement scheme. Decriminalisation would not mean non-payment would become voluntary. It could instead mean it would become a civil offence similar to non-payment of council tax or an electricity bill. The BBC is Extreme Liberal, it was Blatantly against Brexit and has become the Voice of the Establishment. It needs to Change and in one small way is the License Fee being Scrapped.
Feb 2020. The Future of the BBC
