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Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden feels ‘let down’ by BBC over TV licence decision
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breakingnews.ieCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said he feels “let down” by the BBC over its decision to end the free TV licence for over-75s.
Speaking at the Downing Street coronavirus briefing, he said people “up and down the country” would feel the same way about the BBC’s move to begin means-testing in August.
The new scheme was originally meant to start on June 1, but was delayed and kept under review because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The BBC has said that continuing the universal entitlement would hit “programmes and services”. Mr Dowden said: “I very much regret the decision that the BBC has taken. “We gave the settlement to the BBC back in 2015. “They said that it was a good settlement, and I regret that they couldn’t find efficiency savings
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