Calls for the BBC TV licence to be scrapped have been re-fuelled after a shocking new case where a severely disabled woman was prosecuted for not having paid it despite her being partially blind. The case has raised serious questions about the
A minister has warned that the BBC licence fee is “unsustainable” and could become a Post Office-like scandal. In a newsletter to his constituents, science minister Andrew Griffith, made comments about the national broadcaster. He said that the BBC should be stripped
A bungling council has not been able to collect bins from residents for at least two days after an “administrative issue” led it losing its licence to pick up rubbish. More than 90,000 people in Uttlesford, Essex, could be faced with some
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has taken aim at the BBC’s use of “criminal tools” to prosecute people who fail to pay their TV licence. She said will look at the prosecutions in an upcoming review, Ms Frazer confirmed today. When asked about
The latest TV Licensing scam has been exposed following more than 6,000 reports of fraud in just two weeks. Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting service for fraud and financially motivated cybercrime, broke down the latest scheme devised by fraudsters. They urged
The BBC has been branded “disgusting” as new figures reveal it is prosecuting nearly 130 people a day for failing to pay their TV licence fee. Many of the people who are being hauled to court by the BBC are some of
A woman with learning difficulties and depression was handed a criminal conviction for not paying her TV Licence. The unnamed woman in County Durham was prosecuted and convicted last week in a Single Justice Procedure (SJP). SJP is a court system where
A BBC licence fee row has boiled over after one stat spells doom for the corporation. According to new statistics, the same number of people in Britain are paying the licence fee as they did 20 years ago despite a massive population
Days after the BBC announced that its licence fee will rise more than £10 per year, the broadcaster has revealed plans to open a £14.5m studio in Stratford. According to The Sun, the new facility at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will
The BBC Licence Fee is becoming more and more controversial as consumers turn to subscription platforms, disruptor TV and radio networks, and independent content providers. Now, the rate the national broadcaster is demanding from anyone who wants to use a TV is