{"id":1633,"date":"2020-05-26T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1633"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T13:00:10","slug":"1633","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/news\/1633\/","title":{"rendered":"Free TV Licence Change If Over 75"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Free tv licence change if over 75<\/h1>\n\n<p>15th June 2020<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social has-colors\" style=\" \"><ul><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/news\/1633\/&#038;title=Free%20TV%20Licence%20Change%20If%20Over%2075\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--facebook     has-padding\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" style=\"border-radius: 40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\" style=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\" style=\"\">Share on Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Free%20TV%20Licence%20Change%20If%20Over%2075&#038;url=https:\/\/edinburghfoodproject.org\/news\/1633\/\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-block-coblocks-social__button wp-block-coblocks-social__button--twitter     has-padding\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" style=\"border-radius: 40px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__icon\" style=\"\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-social__text\" style=\"\">Share on Twitter<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The BBC announced in March that it was delaying the changes to free TV licences for older people, and we can confirm that free over 75s licences will remain valid until July 31<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BBC board is continuing to keep this under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/communitymoneyadvice.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=532a56b5ca438fbd9dfd383b4&amp;id=266eab88e7&amp;e=9d13826b38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Older customers do not need to do anything right now as TV Licensing will be back in touch before any changes take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free tv licence change if over 75 15th June 2020 The BBC announced in March that it was delaying the changes to free TV licences for older people, and we can confirm that free over 75s licences will remain valid until July 31st. The BBC board is continuing to keep this under review. 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