This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Reverse the decision by the BBC to charge people over 75 a for a TV licence.

The government handed over the control of who decided if people over 75 paid the TV licence to the BBC. It should go back to the government and be reversed.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/234627

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