12-12-2023, 07:47 AM
(12-12-2023, 03:30 AM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: The license fee does need a rethink, and a system linked to general taxation or the council tax has a lot going for it, not least removing the cost of administering the license fee, and being harder to evade and having structures for means testing built in.I think they'd be drifting into dangerous territory with that idea.
They'd be forcing payment from people who've made a conscious decision not to meet the criteria for a TVL. My Father hasn't even owned a TV for about 20 years, so why should he pay for a service that he cannot possibly use?