To wonder when the BBC news will mention tv licences for over 75s

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Story in the i today says BBC will scrap free licences for most over 75s.

It was on my BBC news app all of yesterday. Are you suggesting they are ignoring it?

It’s the lead story on BBC Radio London. Has been since 6am. It was also on the BBC 6 O’clock News last night.

Literally just been on BBC breakfast

I’m watching BBC breakfast now, they just covered this for the last 5 minutes

Well it’s about time that age bracket faced some level of austerity. The younger age groups have been battered for 10 years.

It was on the news at 10 last night on BBC and on BBC radio news all day. I doubt they will repeat the same story today.

Well it’s about time that age bracket faced some level of austerity. The younger age groups have been battered for 10 years

Exactly. I’m so over young people with no assets, no chance of owning their own home, no savings having to prop up wealthy pensioners.

Yes, YABU to start another thread (yes I know I'm nit thread police, but why divert comment from the thread that is acticpve in Active?)

And also YABU, as you have clearly missed the commentary on last night's news, BBC Brekfast just now. Though to be fair it is no longer on the front page of the BBC website as a free-standing article, but it is a clearly visible headline in the Today's Headlines section

I heard about it on the BBC yesterday. It was on the news app as well. It was yesterday's news, so I wouldn't expect to see so much coverage today.

it was on the 6 o'clock news last night.

It seems really mean and unfair.
Free for over 80s might be better, more fair.

It has been on all news bulletins since yesterday.

But I am guessing you just wanted another of those weird ageist, hate filled diatribes.... and look... you seem to have some followers!

I think it's totally fair that over 75s have to pay, there are so many other perks they get such as free bus travel, discounted train travel, fuel allowance, often discounted entry fees to attractions etc. If BBC can't afford it any longer then something has to give.

BBC breakfast have been doing a much more balanced view of if than GMB - I quickly turned that off listening to piers Morgan placing all pensioners on a pedestal of amazing ness!

They are covering it fully, yesterday and again this morning!

Plenty of over 75s, over 80s particularly, do not leave their house, they are the biggest watchers of TV.
they dont use the bus,
there is no discounted train travel,

They were only introduced in 2000, it's not even some long-standing right since the start of the BBC or something. Damn right those who can afford should pay.

Well it’s about time that age bracket faced some level of austerity.

I just don't even know where to begin with this, words fail me at the sickening ageism on here.

Shocked at the attitudes also , do you even know anyone over 75?

It's not calculated by the minute, it is the same cost whether you turn it on once a month or 12 hours a day. If they can afford it, they should pay.

Many of my over 75 neighbours are millionaires several times over. I see no reason why my children who are starting out on housing and career ladders should subsidise them.

1.3 million families do not claim the pension credit they are entitled to. They are not scroungers
and can you really imagine the 90 year old being prosecuted?

the millionaire elderly that you know will be spending money and buoying up the economy dont concern yourself with that.

, do you even know anyone over 75?

Yes and like any other age group it’s a very diverse group in all ways.

What this has shown is that work needs to be done to tackle why people aren’t claiming pension credits when they are entitled to and encourage, and help them, to do so.

It isn’t the BBC to blame for the fact that people aren’t claiming what they are entitled to though

They have pride, unlike the younger generation