Most over-75s will be required to pay for the licence fee from August 1
The remaining 25% came from commercial and other activities , according to the House of Commons Library.This could include more than 1.5 million households.Until the end of May, everyone aged over 75 could receive a free TV licence - which they had to apply for - paid for by the UK government.The BBC had planned to require most over-75s to take on the cost at this time, but delayed the change because of coronavirus.
This cost the BBC an estimated £70m. Continuing to fund free TV licences for all over-75s would have resulted in"unprecedented closures".
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