[pjc50]

While I generally support the BBC, the TV license is the most regressive of UK taxes^ and people are jailed for non-payment of comparatively very small amounts.

^(The "bedroom tax" is much worse in impact but not technically a tax)

[arethuza]

I agree that the collection of the license fee is often heavy handed - but wasn't that outsourced a while back?

[pjc50]

It's outsourced to Capita, yes. If anything that makes it slightly more objectionable. Outsourcing is not a way of avoiding your moral responsibilities.