BBC TV licence fee: Pensioners would rather go to PRISON than pay

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Reed, from pensioners' campaign group Silver Voices, has told MailOnline that a hard core of pensioners are refusing to pay for the BBC TV licence even though they are risking being fined or even jailed. Up to 750,000 pensioners are refusing to pay.

The BBC TV licence will increase by £1.50, taking it from £157.50 a year to £159 from April 1. The fee is set by the Government, which announced in 2016 that it would rise in line with inflation for five years from April 2017. The new cost equates to 43p per day, according to the broadcaster.

As many as 750,000 pensioners are refusing to pay for a TV licence in protest after the free licences scheme was scrapped. The protesters, who make up 14 per cent of the UK's population of their age range, have ignored the flurry of reminders they have been given and are holding strong. The BBC is now facing a £117million funding shortfall unless the over-75s fork over the £157.50 fee.

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