BBC is considering multiple options to overcome the deficit of £745m, which is the cost of maintaining the status quo that gives the older people over 75 to enjoy television for free. Free TV licenses for over-75s were introduced by Gordon Brown, the Chancellor in his 1999 budget to reduce pension poverty. It was decided that the deficit of the BBC budget will be met up by the Department of Work and Pensions.Howev…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:13PM on November 25, 2018