Hundreds of thousands of pensioners face fines of up to £1, 000 as a licence fee grace period for the over-75s ends on July 31. Free TV licences were scrapped for the older generation last August, with only those receiving pension credit being exempt, but in February the BBC introduced a temporary payment amnesty amid the pandemic. The BBC confirmed at the end of June that 3.6 million of the 3.9 million people aged over 75 who needed to pay £159 for an annual TV licence had done so. The broadcas
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2021-08-02 00:00:00.0