Sentence examples for free licences from inspiring English sources
Free licences are currently a welfare benefit, introduced by Gordon Brown in 2001.
And Ofcom's insistence on pricing the spectrum used by broadcasters threatens Channel 4's free licences.
The BBC interprets this as meaning that from the next parliament it can do whatever it decides on free licences.
Five years ago, free licences – paid for by the Department for Work and Pensions – were also on his shopping list.
There is a letter of apology from a 70-year-old woman; free licences are given only to over-75s.
Nearly two weeks ago, the government approached us about taking on the cost of funding free licences for the over-75s.
When I did inquire, in June this year, it was confirmed I was eligible for a free licence.
It also provides studios with a free licence to develop using the popular Unity engine.
By then, the Conservative party will have fulfilled its manifesto pledge on the free licence fees.
The cost of free licence fees for over-75s was £606m last year.
Free licence fees for the over-75s were introduced by the then chancellor Gordon Brown in 2001.
