BBC TV licences – TV Licence Resistance

Boris Johnson urges BBC to reconsider ‘wrong decision’ after free TV licences are scrapped for over 75s forcing millions of households to pay £157.50 fee

10/07/2020 sao paulo 0

Boris Johnson has today described the BBC’s plan to scrap TV licences for the over-75s as the ‘wrong decision’, but said he will not intervene. […]

The BBC are to crack down on people who don’t pay their subscription £150 TV licence fee, after figures reveal 1.9million households are watching illegally

22/01/2019 sao paulo 0

BBC bosses are planning to toughen enforcement of the licence fee after a spike in the number of people evading the charge. The ‘evasion rate’ […]

The free bbc tv licence could be means tested for the over 75s

21/05/2017 sao paulo 0

Millions of over 75s could lose their ‘free’ BBC TV licences, as the BBC considers whether to stop giving the benefit to better-off pensioners. Supporters […]

93-year-old mother received threats of a fine and even prison if she didn’t pay BBC TV Licensing

23/12/2016 sao paulo 0

Tynwald may have made a welcome u-turn over ‘free’ BBC TV licences for the over 75s, but the changes have left many confused over the […]

BBC need to stop the blackmail – it’s wrong to bully people into giving up their ‘free’ TV licence (paid by taxpayers)

26/01/2016 sao paulo 0

BBC bosses are planning a propaganda campaign to encourage over-75s to voluntarily give up their ‘free’ BBC TV licences. Household names such as Sir Terry […]

ITV Threatens Ministers Over forcing them to go under a BBC paywall

01/08/2015 sao paulo 1

ITV has engaged a leading QC to challenge ministers’ plans to overhaul broadcasters’ digital catch-up services. ITV is threatening ministers with legal action over plans […]