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The licence fee's cost could become staggered based based upon the value of household bills or taxes, with properties divided into bands. A BBC source told The Tortoise news website

said: "The future is probably some sort of household charge. This would be possibly based on utility bills or council tax bands. Great Big Lockdown Survey: Tell us what life's like

for you by answering THESE questions "It should be progressive, too. "The old flat charge doesn’t work when so many people are living longer and, in many cases, are considerably

more affluent than the young. "The only absolutely non-negotiable point is that the fee, or whatever you call it, has to be compulsory." A review of how the world's oldest

public service broadcaster collects its revenue is underway and bosses say adding the fee to council tax, broadband, or energy bills may be a good way to help stop evading payment. The BBC

said: "This would be a significant change for the UK and we are not, at this stage, advocating it. "It does, however, raise an interesting question as to whether the current system

could be made much simpler, more efficient, and more automated. "We are open to exploring this further." The annual fee for the BBC is currently £157.50. Currently, the Government

is investing whether to decriminalise evasion of the fee, so that it results in fixed penalties rather than being taken to court. READ MORE: JEREMY CLARKSON ADMITS HE HAS 'WASTED A

LARGE CHUNK' OF HIS LIFE “For example, it is collected through electricity bills in Italy and the equivalent of council tax bills in France. “Another option to consider as the UK

progresses towards universal access could be broadband bills.” The BBC insist that de-criminalising the licence fee would make people think that "failure to buy a licence less

serious". The latest move comes as TV licence officers are not being sent to homes or sending letters to chase late payments during the coronavirus crisis.