BBC over-75s free TV licence transition period to end in July

[Cassia Tuna]

The BBC will end its licence fee grace period for over-75s on 31 July, with 260,000 pensioners still yet to pay.

The right to a free TV licence for that age group ended last August for all except those in receipt of the pension credit benefit.

But in February, the BBC announced a transition period due to the pandemic.

The BBC said that, of the 3.9 million people over 75 who needed to make new TV licence arrangements, 3.6 million had now done so.

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