[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes you are right, it was a sneaky trick.
Yes I know that the consultation was in favour by a margin of 52%-48%......but I would like to see WHO they asked and how the question was couched.
190,000 is not a lot when 3.5 million older people are the ones affected.
It can only be hoped that perhaps the government can take back the responsibility for this.....and restore the licence.

My mum(not here anymore) would have been one of those seriously affected.
In the last years of her life she relied on TV a lot....but was ineligible for pension. Credit as her totall per annum was something like £47 above the threshold.
So I know that it does make a huge difference in the lives of the older generation.

My feeling is that the TV licence should be scrapped for everyone and the BBC made a subscription service...that way those who watch what is produced can pay for it.
It is NO longer the public service broadcasting company that it was when the charter was first granted.