This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Scrap the TV licence in favour of advertisements.
The. BBC has announced that it will be means testing the free TV licence for people over 75 . However is spends millions on giving away free audience tickets for those who are able to get out and queue for long periods of time
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The law states that all TV owners must possess a licence even though the owner might not watch the BBC, Its now time to scrap the TV licence all together to enable EVERYONE to have the same viewing choices .
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235653
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