(Image: Roland Leon/Daily Mirror)(Image: PA Archive/PA Images)The Department for Work and Pensions should be braced for a surge in demand for Pension Credit, it suggests. “The BBC’s decision to means-test free TV licences via a link to pension credit receipt may well raise welfare spending by more than it reduces BBC spending ... The Corporation announced this Spring that only over-75s receiving Pension Credit will be eligible for free licences. Just 1.5 million OAPs are likely to be continue receiving free licences, while an estimated 3.7 million will lose out. More than 600,000 people have signed Age UK’s Switched Off petition calling for free licences to be preserved and the Government to take back responsibility.

Source: Daily Mirror July 18, 2019 12:22 UTC