BBC TV licence fee dropped for over 75s to reduce ‘pressure on tax payers’
The BBC and the government have reached an agreement to drop licence fee charges for over-75s.
On the news that the corporation is set to foot a £650m drop in licence fee income in 2017/18 as part of a government initiative to lessen the burden of austerity on the elderly, chancellor George Osborne has said that the publically funded body “should make savings”.
Osborne said in a statement: “The BBC is a valued national institution that produces some of the finest television and radio in the world… the deal we have agreed with the corporation means that it Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
