UK Government to ‘Keep Looking’ at Decriminalising TV License Evasion

A BBC sign is displayed outside the BBC headquarters in Portland Place, London, on July 2, 2020. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images

Criminal sanctions against TV licence evasion are recognised as being “increasingly disproportionate and unfair,” the UK government said on Thursday in response to a public consultation on the matter.

However, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport said that decriminalising licence evasion is “problematic,” so it “remains under consideration.”