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BBC licence fee ‘hard to justify’ after ‘amnesty’ for over-75s revealed

BBC licence fee ‘hard to justify’ after ‘amnesty’ for over-75s revealed

The future of the licence fee is in question over the 'unfairness' of allowing some pensioners not to pay the charge

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