Should the over-75s lose their free TV licences?

IS THERE no end to the BBC’s whingeing about licences? Now it wants to withdraw the free TV licence for pensioners over 75. This from the behemoth that pays huge salaries to Gary Lineker and other so-called stars. What an affront to people who struggle on the state pension. Just getting rid of Lineker would pay for thousands of licences for the elderly. Isn’t it about time to scrap the licence fee and make the BBC pay its own way — like all other media companies? CHRIS EDWARDS, Fleet, hants.

THE free TV licence for the over-75s is a government benefit. If the Government wants to modify or remove it, then it should have the guts to do it and not pass the responsibility to the BBC. What next? Winter fuel payments paid for by the energy companies? Bus and rail passes offloaded to travel