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The number of people who do not have a television, and therefore, normally., a licence, is trivially small. Maintaining broadcasting is to some extent a benefit to the public and in the interests of the State, and therefore it would be reasonable for the State to pay it on their and its behalf.
The cost of collecting the licence fee from something around 1/3 of the population (IE one per house) cannot fail to be greater than the cost of collecting the same sum in general taxation, which latter has effectively zero incremental cost.
Hypothecated taxation has been accepted by this gov, near enough.
We have as near full employment as most people want, less spare time than most wish, and queues in post offices.
There seems no compelling reason to continue collecting a licence fee, and several to cease doing so.
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