Labour pledges to prevent cuts to free TV licences

Britain / 4 November 2019

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A LABOUR government would prevent planned cuts to free TV licences if elected on December 12, the party pledged today.

The scrapping of universal free licences for over-75s was announced in June, when the BBC said that only those in receipt of pension credit would qualify for a free TV licence from 2020.

It followed a 2015 agreement between the BBC and the government, in which the former took on responsibility for funding free TV licences as part of a financial settlement.