This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Scrap the TV Licence free.
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Given the BBC has decided to scrap free licences for over 75s, and majority of programmes are repeats, It is now time to stop the pretence that the BBC is a public broadcaster providing a public service and for the BBC to have to survive commercially.
Why was this petition rejected?
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235653
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/234627We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.