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Old 10-06-2019, 17:46   #12
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Re: BBC to scrap free licence fee for over-75s

Yup: https://twitter.com/christopherhope/...06242889596929

Quote:
"We are very disappointed with this decision.
"We have been clear that we expected the BBC to continue this concession. People across the country value television as a way to stay connected ..."
If the Government want and expected the concession to continue they would have kept it themselves instead of handing over this liability to the BBC without an increase in funding and tell them it's 'up to them' what they do with it. They're now disappointed they chose not to fund it in its entirety as the cost of the policy increases year-on-year.

Typical government cowardice. They love to 'take the politics out' of something by moving it an arms-length body or privisating it and then slamming the consequences as if it were nothing to do with them. See rail franchising for another example.
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