Hounded by licence fee enforcers, I feared a criminal record at 72
When Jean Salt, a retired piano teacher, fell ill last summer, she got behind on paying her BBC television licence. Salt, 72, spent several months […]
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Ian Botham accuses BBC of institutional bullying after targeting OAPs over TV licence
CRICKET hero Lord Botham has hit the BBC for six over the “immense distress” suffered by OAPs hounded for TV licence cash. The sporting legend […]
Heartless’ BBC hounded more than 520,000 over-75s to pay for a TV licence as the pandemic deepened
The BBC has been called ‘heartless’ after pressuring hundreds of thousands of over-75s to pay for a TV licence as the Covid-19 pandemic deepened. BBC […]
Money Train: BBC wasted £7m on licence fee project SCRAPPED after just nine months
THE BBC has blown an eye-watering £7million on a licence fee project which the broadcaster went on to ditch after just nine months. Work started […]
Pensioners are planning to target Tory leadership hustings to secure a promise from the next prime minister to keep BBC TV licences ‘free’ for over 75s
Lord Foulkes, who introduced a Bill in the House of Lords to stop the perk being axed, said campaigners will target the final two as […]