Expecting the BBC to act as an arm of the welfare state never really made sense
The organisation says that to foot the bill, which is estimated to reach £745m by 2021-22, it would probably have to scrap fourchannels, as well as national and local radio stations. Instead it will continue the giveaway only for households where at least one person is poor enough to receive pension top-ups, which covers about a fifth of pensioners.TV
for nothing . But the plan hardly came as a surprise. When the decision to pass responsibility for the bill to thechairman, described it as “the worst form of dodgy Whitehall accounting”. It was clear that the oldies’ exemption was unsustainable. Costs will continue to rise as the population ages, leaving younger viewers of all income levels footing the bill for a service given free of charge to some of its heaviest users.
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