Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailFree TV licences for the over-75s could be granted a further stay of execution, it has been claimed. Some 3.7 million OAPs are due to lose free licences, with only over-75s on Pension Credit being eligible when curbs come into force. (Image: Getty Images)The Conservatives pledged at the 2017 election to protect free licences for the rest of that Parliament, which was due to run until 2022. It says keeping licences free for all over-75s would cost £745million by 2021-22. Age UK Charity Director Caroline Abrahams said: “It’s very hard to see how the BBC could go ahead with their replacement for the over-75 free TV licence in August, as they currently plan.

Source: Daily Mirror June 21, 2020 10:30 UTC