
Read this: BBC hires Gus O'Donnell firm to review £700m costs of over-75s' licence fees

Summary: The BBC has hired the company chaired by former cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell to explore how to get over-75s to voluntarily pay the licence fee and examine how the 700m annual costs might be reduced in the future. The BBC is to take on the cost of licence fees for over-75s in stages, with the government covering 468m of the total cost in 2018/2019 and 247m in 2019/20. - www.theguardian.com
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