Crowd funding re the BBC
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The BBC get enough from me thanks.
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How do you know he's called Tim?
He's meets us all down the pub on Thursday evenings. It's good to be on first name terms
That's a good idea, we could give them the money our Tory government recently cut from their budget.
Do you know any elderly people having trouble with the cost of their TV licence?
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The way you present it - its as if they stole it from the BBC and spent it on themselves. The BBC needs to change, it needs to spend according to its budget, it needs to streamline the service it provides and it needs recognise that it can still attract top talent without paying 200K+. There are also a lot of pensioners with final salary index linked pensions who can well afford to pay for a TV licence. On the other hand I can think of plenty of hard working young people with no such security.
They stopped paying it to the BBC and so increased the amount of money in government coffers, and the government will use it however they want, yes, that's right.
I didn't suggest theft.
Luckily our Tory leaders are promising tax cuts that will mostly benefit the better-off.
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The population of over 75s has doubled since 2000 when it was introduced. This is costing tax payers roughly £3-400M more. The government also didn't cut the funding, it was included in the funding settlement. This seems to be a reasonably impartial view on the issue. Anyone is cutting the funding its the beeb not the government.
Free TV licences for the over 75s - Parliament UKresearchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04955/SN04955.pdf
You also need to consider that 50% of pensioners are in the top 50% of national income - should they really be getting free TV license? I thought you didn't like the government giving free money to the better off?
https://assets.publishing.service.g.../pensioners-incomes-series-2017-18-report.pdf
Free TV licences for the over 75s - Parliament UKresearchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN04955/SN04955.pdf
You also need to consider that 50% of pensioners are in the top 50% of national income - should they really be getting free TV license? I thought you didn't like the government giving free money to the better off?
https://assets.publishing.service.g.../pensioners-incomes-series-2017-18-report.pdf
What the younger ones don't seem to realise is that a large majority of the over 75s are single females (their blokes have died)
TV licence, council tax water rates, electric bills gas bills do not reduce by 50% when the Old Man passes away,
Unfortunately the State weekly old age pension does, in fact most female old age pensions are less than male old age pensions.
Tim
TV licence, council tax water rates, electric bills gas bills do not reduce by 50% when the Old Man passes away,
Unfortunately the State weekly old age pension does, in fact most female old age pensions are less than male old age pensions.
Tim
One other thing,
the bureaucratic cost of Means Testing the Fuel Allowance and TV licence would in my view be to high compared to simply placing Free TV Licence and Winter Fuel Allowance into taxable income where it could be taxed at 100%, in effect collected by computer
the bureaucratic cost of Means Testing the Fuel Allowance and TV licence would in my view be to high compared to simply placing Free TV Licence and Winter Fuel Allowance into taxable income where it could be taxed at 100%, in effect collected by computer
yes.
people with pensions and a taxable income exceeding £12,500 p.a. will probably be on PAYE so fairly automatic. People on low incomes won't be taxed, and people on high incomes will, so it does the right thing.
Because the State pension is paid at 4-weekly intervals they might get 52, 48 or 56 weeks payment in a tax year. I don't know how that is dealt with on the tax code as it changes from year to year and might put them in or out of paying tax.
people with pensions and a taxable income exceeding £12,500 p.a. will probably be on PAYE so fairly automatic. People on low incomes won't be taxed, and people on high incomes will, so it does the right thing.
Because the State pension is paid at 4-weekly intervals they might get 52, 48 or 56 weeks payment in a tax year. I don't know how that is dealt with on the tax code as it changes from year to year and might put them in or out of paying tax.
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How much of that licence fee goes to ITV ?
Is it about the same, as the amount of advertising revenue that goes to the BBC?
The mass-media companies that own newspapers and television are very anti-BBC and slant their coverage accordingly.
Why might that be?
The mass-media companies that own newspapers and television are very anti-BBC and slant their coverage accordingly.
Why might that be?
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