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TV licence prosecutions discriminate against women
“I was so scared. I felt completely helpless. I was a single mum, in the pandemic, living by myself with a baby.”
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Decriminalising the non-payment of TV licences and council tax
Some time ago, an article by Rona Epstein on council tax debt was published in the magazine Ready, Steady, Go! produced by Women In Prison and distributed to all women’s prisons. It explained the law about council tax debt.
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Poverty is not a crime: ending imprisonment for debt
As the country prepares to enter into a new legal and political era, marked by novel and complex constitutional challenges, some of the most vulnerable members of society, and particularly women, are facing legal battles which would not be out of place in Victorian times.
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Criminal waste of money
One in ten prosecutions in magistrates courts in England and Wales are for TV licence non payment, a situation The Daily Telegraph describes as a 'criminal...