>If the current government want to kill it completely why have the ruled out decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee?
They haven't, yet.
>There are pretty strong ethical reasons for why you shouldn't get a criminal record and, possibly, face prison time for not paying for a TV licence, so it would be politically quite easy to pass.
One doesn't face prison for non-payment of the license fee.
A custodial sentence can only be imposed if one fails to pay the court-ordered fine imposed as a punishment for non-payment of the license fee.
They haven't, yet.
>There are pretty strong ethical reasons for why you shouldn't get a criminal record and, possibly, face prison time for not paying for a TV licence, so it would be politically quite easy to pass.
One doesn't face prison for non-payment of the license fee.
A custodial sentence can only be imposed if one fails to pay the court-ordered fine imposed as a punishment for non-payment of the license fee.