Exactly. It hits low income families very hard. And what about people who are struggling to pay their kids' university tuition fees, plus rent, and then have to fork out for a second TV licence for them?
The fee is a complete con too - the huge, above inflation increases in recent years have been used to pay for digital channels the majority of people don't have access to!!!
I can't believe that the Tory government believed it was sensible to sell off the country's railway network, which is now in chaos, but to keep a TV station in public ownership.