TV licence: Protest at ´óÏó´«Ã½ for over-75s decision
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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ announced earlier this month free TV licences for up to 3.7m pensioners will be scrapped
Protesters have gathered outside the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to protest against plans to axe free TV licences for the over-75s.
Several dozen people picketed the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s offices in Belfast and Londonderry calling for the decision to be reversed.
From next June, only low-income households where one person receives pension credit will still be eligible for a free licence.
Protests have been staged across the UK since the decision was announced.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ has said the move aims to protect programming, while dealing with the extra funding burden sparked by the government passing the cost of funding free licences onto the ´óÏó´«Ã½ as part of an updated charter agreement.
Protests at the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s offices in Derry and Belfast were part of a UK-wide campaign
In 2015, the government announced the ´óÏó´«Ã½ would take over the cost of providing free licences for over-75s by 2020 as part of the fee settlement.
The move would have cost £745m, a fifth of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s budget, by 2021/22.
- Published10 June 2019
- Published10 June 2019
