'Thousands' use legal loophole to block TV licensing visits

As MPs prepare to discuss the future of the TV licence, it's been revealed that thousands of householders have taken advantage of a legal loophole to bar enforcement staff from their properties.

Homeowners have the legal ability to remove the 'implied right of access' to their front doorstep, allowing them to sue licence fee collectors if they persist. And a Freedom of Information request by the Daily Mail has revealed that around 7,300 people have removed that right - the vast majority in the last two years.