Tag Archives: BBC

Free TV licences: a war of words

Free TV licences: a war of words

It seems like the furore over free TV licences for the over 75s simply will not go away. You just need to read our “Letters Pages” to see that this is a topic over which many pensioners are still fumi ...
A letter from Roger Philpott – TV Licences

A letter from Roger Philpott – TV Licences

In the letter about TV licences, H. Thomas asks “surely the TV licence has become a tax on TV set ownership?” (Mature Times Aug. edition). Not so, on reading the TV licence or visiting the TV licence ...
A letter from Mrs K. Regan – TV Licences

A letter from Mrs K. Regan – TV Licences

I am aged 82 years old and have been fortunate to receive a free TV licence for the past seven years. As I am not in receipt of pension credit I will have to pay for my TV licence in 2020. At approxim ...
A letter from Leslie Holeyman – TV Licences

A letter from Leslie Holeyman – TV Licences

I read with sadness of the whingers going on about the TV licence and yet there was life before TV came along, people used to socialise and read books and listen to the radio. What about all those pas ...