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Over 75S Free Tv License
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Is it necessary to apply, or will it happen automatically.
I started the application, went off to find paperwork...copies of which are required...only to find I need to start all over again. I'm really not in the mood for faffing around.
I started the application, went off to find paperwork...copies of which are required...only to find I need to start all over again. I'm really not in the mood for faffing around.
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>>> Was there a time when everyone over 75 got a free license?
Up until the end of July 2020, Sandy, the Government paid the licence fee for everyone over 75 years of age. (So the BBC got their money, irrespective of the ages of those watching).
Then the Government told the BBC that they'd no longer pay for those licences and that it was up to the BBC as to whether to just let those over 75 watch for free, to make them all pay for a licence or find a mid-way path.
The BBC decided that it couldn't afford such a massive loss of revenue but that it didn't want to hit the poorest in society either. So they said that those people over 75 who're also in receipt of pension credit can get a free licence but everyone else will have to pay.
Up until the end of July 2020, Sandy, the Government paid the licence fee for everyone over 75 years of age. (So the BBC got their money, irrespective of the ages of those watching).
Then the Government told the BBC that they'd no longer pay for those licences and that it was up to the BBC as to whether to just let those over 75 watch for free, to make them all pay for a licence or find a mid-way path.
The BBC decided that it couldn't afford such a massive loss of revenue but that it didn't want to hit the poorest in society either. So they said that those people over 75 who're also in receipt of pension credit can get a free licence but everyone else will have to pay.