This Insight explores the relationship between Pension Credit and free TV licences, and includes an interactive dashboard to estimate the number of households affected.
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BBC local radio (72 KB, PDF)
There are currently 40 BBC local radio stations in England. As a result of the freezing of the licence fee, the BBC is looking to make cost savings of 20% in the years to 2017. Under the title Delivering Quality First, the BBC has now published a consultation document on how it proposes to make these savings. For English local radio, the main proposal is to focus spending on peak-time programmes, with increased sharing of content across regions in off-peak slots.
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BBC local radio (72 KB, PDF)
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A consultation on decriminalising non-payment of the TV licence fee closed on 1 April 2020. This Library Paper looks at the current offence and what's been said on decriminalisation.
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This Library Paper looks at the BBC's decision to end the current scheme of free TV licences for the over-75s. The scheme was due to end from 1 June 2020. This has been put back to 1 August 2020 because of the coronavirus situation.
