'We regularly hear from older people who are still too afraid to go out much, if at all, and so the TV really is their window on the world.The BBC was made responsible for administration of the licence fee as a result of the Broadcasting Act 1990, and the corporation now sub-contracts the work.Anyone who watches or records TV, or uses the BBC's streaming service, without a licence could be prosecuted and even jailed.The end of the licence fee has been mooted by the Government, with a threat to turn the BBC into a subscription service.The proposals sparked outrage when they were announced last year, with more than 630,000 people signing a petition set up by the charity Age UK, calling for action to be takenIn 2015, the Government and BBC reached a settlement which meant the broadcaster had to find savings of £800 million by 2021/22.The Tory MP said: 'This mess is a result of a poor decision struck by the outgoing director-general and now Britain's pensioners are having to pick up the cost. 'My whole strategy was to just keep my head down because I didn't want to be the story.
And make the BBC licence fee cover BBC channels only, like any other broadcaster. ''That's due to its flawed design - you only get a free licence if you are receiving Pension Credit but as many as two in five of all the pensioners on the lowest incomes do not receive this benefit, even though they are entitled to it. The broadcaster said safety would be at the 'heart' of the scheme', as 'no-one needs to take any immediate action, or leave their home, to claim for a free TV licence or pay for one'.He later added: 'They do a great job on GMB but it's worth looking at the comparison figures. Add a picture of yourself to your Twitter profile 2. You go...I bought my girl a pair of this morning shoes".In response to one now-deleted tweet that slammed what she was wearing, Naga quote tweeted the message and added: "Paul - Three suggestions:"I wonder, just wonder whether it's just some people like to abuse you and they can't make a dent in your personality, intelligence or professionalism so they go after something frivolous?...."To this, Naga responded with a succinct: "Oh Paul...""He’s a mysogonistic dinasour that needs to get with the times. 'The Government needs to sit down with the BBC urgently to keep these TV licences for over-75s free.
'Depending on what the main news is, we try and inject a bit of light into the shade. But my main criticism at the moment is for the politicians.It says 450,000 have already applied for a free licence under this scheme.The Government launched an eight-week consultation in February which received more than 100,00 responses.We are no longer accepting comments on this article.It has also announced job cuts in TV news and local radio in England and said it was axing more than 150 roles in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.An account under the name Cancel Your TV Licence tweeted: 'Here is another reason to cancel your TV Licence.There were 25,752,560 TV licences in force in the UK in 2018/19, according to TV Licensing, a decrease on the 25,836,495 in 2017/2018.TV Licensing says that no-one will need to leave their home, to claim a free TV Licence or to pay for one.The comments below have not been moderated.