有50 000个签名电话的请愿书,要求免除英国广播公司对超过退休年龄者发放的执照费。 Petition with 50,000 signatures calls to waive BBC licence fee for those over pension age.

一份有近50 000人签名的在线请愿书呼吁取消BBC电视台为超过国家养老金年龄的人收取的执照费。 An online petition with nearly 50,000 signatures is calling for the BBC TV licence fee to be abolished for individuals over the State Pension age. 该请愿书由Michael Thompson发起,旨在减轻养恤金领取者因费用上涨而承受的财政负担。 Initiated by Michael Thompson, the petition aims to ease the financial burden of rising costs on pensioners. 如果到2025年5月26日达到100 000个签名,议会将对它进行辩论。 If it reaches 100,000 signatures by May 26, 2025, it will be debated in Parliament. 联合王国政府以前曾否认这一想法,但Thompson认为,财政压力需要重新考虑。 The UK Government previously dismissed the idea, but Thompson argues that financial pressures necessitate reconsideration. 数字、文化、媒体和体育部指出,75岁及以上老年人在某些条件下已经有资格获得免费电视执照。 The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport notes that seniors aged 75 and above could already be eligible for a free TV licence under certain conditions.