Half a million over-75s with dementia will have to pay for TV licences – study

BBC decision to transfer cost of licence fee will hit vulnerable older people hard, says Labour. More than half a million older people with dementia could be forced to pay for their TV licences from next year, according to research commissioned by Labour, findings the party said were “a national scandal”. Tom Watson, the shadow culture secretary, who has pushed for the government to maintain funding for free TV licences for those aged 75 or over, said the process of applying for a li