Free TV licences for the over 75s will now be means tested, with only those who receive Pension Credit eligible from June 1, 2020. The BBC has scrapped blanket free TV licences for the over-75s, bosses have announced today. Even if they previously had a free TV licence, they will have to buy one from June 1 2020. The Government-funded scheme to provide all households with people over 75 with a free TV licence comes to an end in 2020. Predicating the free TV licence on pension credit which has already been cut is a deeply damaging & cynical act of betrayal.'

Source: Daily Mail June 10, 2019 13:09 UTC