BBC is ‘preparing’ to scrap free TV licences for over-75s in August, says Lord Hall By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline Published: 10:04 BST, 24 May 2020 | Updated: 10:05 BST, 24 May 2020 The BBC is ‘preparing’ to scrap free TV licences for over-75s in August, says Lord Hall. Share or comment on this article:
The BBC today delayed the scrapping of free TV licences for over-75s by two months to help the elderly deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Only those on pension credit were set to continue to receive free TV licences from June 1 after the corporation took on responsibility for funding the benefit. But the BBC said today that … Read more
Nearly 600,000 over-75s will miss out on free TV licences because they have not registered for the Government’s Pension Credit scheme BBC is restricting licence fee benefit to pensioners who receive Pension Credit Charity Age UK said an estimated 590,000 over-75 households set to lose out Said take-up of credit, which boosts weekly income, was ‘stagnant’ on last … Read more