Would you be willing to pay more for your TV licence to ensure it stays free for over 75s?

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I blinking would.

I know it's be a administrative impossiblity to achieve, but volunteering to pay an extra £5/£10 per year? Could it work?

No.

The BBC could easily subsidise license fees for us all by dispensing with Nigel Farage's near-weekly appearances on Question Time.

Helena you are well aware carers have no work conditionality.

It should be means tested and if they can't afford it then it should be free.
Some horrible people on here. The silent generation had a lot to contend with that this generation coming up now probably won't.
Maybe better for baby boomers but that wasn't all fun and games.
I have no idea why some people are so bloody bitter against other generations. I'm gen x, it will be us for flack next

And you are well aware not all carers get Carers Allowance. I am in contact with someone who works in the field and he has said there are many in my situation. And that what im saying is valid. He has also been on a course to do with the changes for mixed age couples.

So dont be disingenuous.

Yes not all carers receive carers allowance . However in regards to pensioners they will either already be in receipt of dla/pip or entitled to claim attendance allowance.
AA is considerably easier to claim than pip, the vast majority of claims are awarded.
Non pension age carers of the elderly are very likely to be entitled to carers allowance. Much more so than someone caring for their 55 year old Mum for example, who has fibromyalgia and been refused pip.

The younger generations will already be 'reaping what they sow' since they'll probably get fuck all pension benefits and won't have benefitted from an unprecedented property boom

No, I won't be offering to give the babyboomers yet another lucky break. They need to means test it.

Education, property, social welfare, pensions, right to buy ....I'm sure the majority can dig deep and make up the shortfall.

Winter fuel allowance is a joke too, my parents are entitled to it and even they think that's daft, they have plenty.

I don't have a license, should I still have to pay extra?

Definitely not, most pensioners have more money than me, the poor one's won't pay anyway .

My parents fell through pretty much every benefit hole possible I.e income just enough. I was a career but not entitled to,CA. They had to remortgage their house due to unforeseen family circs and tried to keep their heads above water. Now I’m not saying that’s typical but neither is the assumption that all pensioners are rolling in it. The removal of a free tv licence would have taken a small pleasure away from my Dad but he’s not around any more so..... I would have stepped in of course but he’d have been too proud to accept. Please don’t malign all pensioners.Yes many have plenty but sadly many do not.

The poor will have it paid for the rest it's £3 a week.

The younger generations won't have a tv license or a pension.

PigOnStilts

They aren't baby boomers, they were the next generation. They are 'The silent generation" The ones born during the war, had rationing until 1958, lived through high interest rates, could only have both adults working if they agreed with latch key kids, or had help with childcare.
Little education during the war and just after unless you managed an 11+, and could find a school that hadn't been bombed.
There have been plenty property booms throughout history, no doubt this and the next generations will experience at least one.

This doesn't mean they should automatically get freebies, but I do think means testing should apply to any allowances made.

Absolutely not. However, I would subsidise those safety buzzers for those who live alone - I've just found out it is going to cost £6 per week for my grandma to have one. I'm more than happy to pay it for the piece of mind but I'm sure there will be pensioners out there that can't afford it and really I think subsidies should go towards items like that rather than on non-means-tested TV licenses.

I've just found out it is going to cost £6 per week for my grandma to have one. I think that's only for 6 months because they want you to pay 6 months in advance for some reason, then it drops.

This is interesting reading as it's completely the opposite view I'm seeing on FB and Twitter. There's a call for a boycott of the BBC and petitions to the government.

My dad, not coincidentally, about to turn 75, is outraged, despite the fact that he couldn't probably afford to pay for the whole street and not notice.

The ones born during the war, had rationing until 1958, lived through high interest rates, could only have both adults working if they agreed with latch key kids, or had help with childcare.

...but they didn't neccessarily NEED 2 working adults to run a home, even if the breadwinner had a fairly modest job. You could potentially buy a home on one persons salary which is really not the case on an average salary in most parts of the country now. I know a few women in their 70s/80s who havent worked since the early 60s and their husbands had low-average paid jobs, they don't have any money worries now and whilst they might complain about paying a tv licence it wouldnt be a struggle for them.

But for every person on this thread saying “ I know someone in their late 70s who’s loaded” there’s someone who knows somebody who has to watch every penny.

I think that the BBC is a great thing (for the most part) and I am happy to pay my own £13 a month. But I do not oppose the reintroduction of licence fees for pensioners. For every pensioner who will struggle to pay, there is another like my own mother and father who have far, far more spare cash for luxuries than I do.

MrsGrindah*

But for every person on this thread saying “ I know someone in their late 70s who’s loaded” there’s someone who knows somebody who has to watch every penny

Indeed there is... doesnt change the question of why are the loaded ones still getting benefits due to age alone??