BBC licence fee update

The £10 should be transferred towards a yearly cost for the buses, for what use it is.

Yes I would kitty. Willingly.

Are we discussing all benefits or just the over 75 tv licence? My in-laws are in their 90s and watch a lot of tv. Its one of their few pleasures. They can no longer use buses so it will hit them very hard.
Whenever benefits are removed it is depressing.

If you are a waspi
No pension
No bus pass
No free tv like licence to look forward to.
Just work till you drop, if you don't fall off your perch first and save the government
even more money

At least the pensioners in greatest need will still have a free TV licence. It is only recently I realised that they were free for people over 75. They used to be free for blind people didn’t they?
If they stop our bus passes I will stamp my feet and squeem and squeem! We use our bus passes loads, the only option since we got rid of the car. Yes, I would willingly pay£20-£30 for a senior bus card. I have just renewed our friends and family railcard.

No, when one person of a couple qualifies he/she gets £200 and when both qualify they get £100 each so still £200.

Do married couples get £200 each ? No wonder the country's drained.

Apparently it'll be means-tested, so I'm hoping that the £ 200 winter fuel payment is too ! It's only fair.

I agree about the WFA and can't really understand why the £10 Christmas 'bonus' gets paid either.
I'd gladly pay £20-30 for an annual bus pass.

Fine

We have received one year but won’t complain when we lose it. I do feel the winter fuel allowance should also be only for those on pension credit but if bus passes go it will be a retrograde step as many pensioners depend on their bus pass to get out regularly.

..only costs more if paid quarterly. Thanks suzie; may switch to monthly...

Are you sure it doesn't cost more; I thought it did?

One consolation, I think you can pay monthly by dd for the licence without any extra charge.

Tv licence works out about £3 a week so not too bad. We just qualified last month so will have about one year free.

I’d be happy to pay £20 for my bus pass. Not reached the age for free tv licence yet. I’d be happy not to get the £10 Christmas present. As long as pensioners who need it get the benefits it’s ok with me.

Maybe it's better for the environment if some of us can get on a bus sometimes instead of using the car?

Katy, would you pay, say, £20 to get a bus pass?

It would be a shame if they took the bus passes. I love mine and use it a lot but I could manage without it. I know there are people who would not get to go anywhere if they didn't have their passes.

I might buy a skateboard if the free bus pass gets removed

The whole idea of a TV Licence is outdated - it should be completely scrapped and the BBC funded from general taxation.

Surely 99% of the population benefit from the BBC in some way.

If bus passes go, it'll be a taxi into the village as it's not much more by taxi than it is 4 stops away.

I'm happy to pay towards BBC TV and radio programmes. It's worth it to me. As long as those on pension credits still have one free it's OK by me.
I love and use my bus pass though!

I have enjoyed one free year.

... but it doesn’t take into consideration the in-betweens...yep; that's me I'm afraid.