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Yesterday in Parliament M.P.'s gave a mixed response to the visit to the decision of ministers pushed this on the B.B.C. The B.B.C. Does not give value for money and furthermore that it requires radical reform undermining the independence of the B.B.C. In a completely unacceptable way I too have a huge support of the B.B.C. That this decision us stinks the Labor M.P. Ben Bradshaw said the government is trying to evade responsibility for the over 70 five's losing their free T.V. License and this is nothing to do with the B.B.C. It's about a government that has deliberately passed the sponsibility which be a Social Security issue too to our main public service broadcasting. And you might be forgiven for thinking it is just the opposition that is taking out mindfucked it would appear that's not the case the Conservative M.P. Had very easy remembered his time in the culture department when the responsibility for providing the free T.V. License was being handed over to the B.B.C. This policy was imposed on the B.B.C. By the Treasury to meet its 12000000000 pound welfare target a target which I doubt we have met is long been forgotten the government should either take back this policy or support the B.B.C. Changes it shouldn't use weasel words to undermine changes to be. About the shadow culture secretary Tom Watson reminded the chamber that although it was agreed in 2050. The responsibility for the free license will be transferred to the B.B.C. 2 years later in the Conservative manifesto the Tories promised that that freed T.V. License would remain but the culture secretary Jeremy Reich stood firm on the government's position the B.B.C. Is also making over a 1000000000 pounds a year from commercial work like selling content abroad which can be reinvested So we are very disappointed that the B.B.C. Will not protect free television licenses. 875 over the Smalling I'm really interested to hear your views on this developing story do you think the government should use taxpayers' money to continue the free T.V. License Here's the number for your call if you want to have your say it's all right I want to double. You can text as well send me a text 3 double free start your text or 3 C.R. Checks a charge the standard network rate you can e-mail me here at the B.B.C. J.B.S. At B.B.C. Don't. You think the government should use taxpayers' money to continue the free T.V. License he was saying on today's big signing a late hour late. Late. Text. Message to 813 doubles 3 texts a chance to your standard message rates that please check with your network provider to see our privacy notice that B.B.C. Don't go to you Kate slash local radio privacy the Jay VS show the B.C. 3 counties radio. Is a T.V. Critic. Morning hi morning so do you think the government should use taxpayers' money to continue the free T.V. License Well yeah I do I mean not only was it in their manifest states but states it's protect the life of these pensioners and there's a month the money is there and it is back then but still said it is a Social Security issue. This is meant to be looking after some of those people who are in need for whom television is a radio for that matter is a way to connect with the outside world and how they derive a great deal of pleasure in their leisure time and and to foist these cuts on the B.B.C. Just is a continuation of the austerity measures which apparently Philip Hammond said were over there are people there and there were people yesterday on my program there are I'm sure will be people today who will talk about a bloated B.B.C. B.B.C. That spends too much money and actually if the B.B.C. Cut its cost cloth accordingly it would be able to afford to pay for free T.V. Licenses How do you respond to that argument Well I'd like to know that their understanding of the B.B.C. Finances and what they mean is it because it would sound very much like it's a like section as opposed to actual facts that they're dealing with I mean was the whole the whole idea of this really when when this was part of that they be saying is that it freed up the conservative government from having to make these payments and it passed over to the B.B.C. So you had more money coming into the Treasury. And so you had greater amount of money in the treasury rather and that the B.B.C. Would sort of act as a flak jacket for the decision because everyone would be piling on them at the start now they could be fixing to make having to make this decision now a year you can you know I know there was a bit was a chat a minute ago even a compilation of cuts from the from the Commons talking about the B.B.C. Not being value for money I have no skin in the game with a baby saver I'm not employed by the B.B.C. But if you're telling me something it costs people 30 or P. a Day with this incredible output isn't value for money then that just goes to show that the price of nothing and the value of nothing as well. The the money of course is $745000000.00 pounds that's how much it costs us how much the B.B.C. Has said it would cost to provide the free T.V. License a lot of money now do you think we can fake a show every week or so it winds up to be a B.B.C. Story no. It's not so no no no that's fine it was also you know that if this financial burden the B.B.C. Weaken the B.B.C. In the east of the advantage also Administration which would prefer not to have an independent broadcast Well yes and I was trying to put it in perspective yesterday that 745000000 the entire budget for radio for B.B.C. Radio is about 650000000 so if you were to if the B.B.C. Had agreed to this and said OK we'll take over the funding of theirs I mean just to put it in perspective we're not talking about getting rid of a couple of Gary Lineker's this would mean this would mean a complete decimation of huge swathes of the service that the B.B.C. Provides course but if you are suggesting the taxpayer picks up the bill in stage you know there may be people listening to this program will be thinking Well hang on a minute you know I know plenty of people over the age of 75 who could easily afford 150 quid a year they use loads of the B.B.C. Services so it's unfair to expect tax payers many of whom are struggling taxpayers struggling to make ends meet themselves to expect their money to pay for pensioners to have a free T.V. License Yeah I can I can I can completely understand that point of view and of course that's what how that's how this is going to be implemented 3 means testing in the individuals who are on pension credits will receive the license fee and without having to pay but I mean that's that's that's that's one of the sort of areas which which then opens up you know is it is a kind of pitfall the start you start having to ask people what are you running what do you weigh how much do you know can you afford this and of course. Rather than it just being a blanket benefits of being a pensioner of having pay Georgie's into society over all these years pager taxes this is you know this is this is a service which is for the benefit of all society not just for a fee individuals and and yeah I mean it is a mean to these cuts are enormous these cuts are absolutely enormous Where is the B.B.C. Not rather foolish to allow itself to be put in this position I mean if you think about it the conservative government of 2015 played an absolute Blinda by managing to they manage to reduce the budget that they would have to be responsible for from taxpayers' money by 750000000 quid and the people would get that through the flak the people who get the kicking would be the B.B.C. And it would appear the B.B.C. Agreed to that at the time who I think that they that they were they were in a they were in a. Very disadvantaged just position you had you had a government which is no longer in coalition which had the you you would expect was dangling the chance to renew. The B.B.C. As leverage in order to make this decision and the B.B.C. Is in I I I guess would have gone into those negotiations which by the way. Lord Holme the chair of the B.B.C. Trust what he called a war by the government a week before. All this was taking place back in 2015 you know the meeting that took to call the Anytime I think is now we can total in terms of how long it took to actually agree to details I mean they got out of it I think the B.B.C. They they allowed the license fee to continue being paid in line with an inflation they took something from these negotiations but certainly they they are they have been saddled with the worst aspects of the deal completely. And you know now and now you have to karate to see everyone is to the point of the B.B.C. And screaming when actually the real culprits of apparently really mad Tom got away with it well I don't know yesterday I would agree with that statement yesterday I felt very much as if everyone was very angry at the B.B.C. People felt the B.B.C. Is full interesting the small warning just tuning around to some other radio stations as I drove vain and listening to some of the commercial sector who yesterday had been talking about Bemba's of management at the B.B.C. In very very demeaning way and suggesting that the B.B.C. Was just blah and needed cussing down a peg or 2 today interesting that the focus did appear to be more on the government I wonder whether people have started to realise that actually this is something the B.B.C. Has been forced to do I mean you emailed her about I've seen 2 front pages of the national newspapers the screen the going on about a petition I mean the Daily Mail and The Daily Express by the very much that you hate the B.B.C. Well yes but even so they still have a readership which is being activated by this by this issue and of course you have you have a breakfast program over on a particular channel with an individual he gets upset about the going sausage rolls and then now starring in The They're there they're trying to mobilize a petition and so and bring on veterans from D.-Day to say what a terrible decision is when when and I don't think I think they're looking in the right direction they say what they start like what the king the right direction yesterday and it is a very and you know the B.B.C. Is a is a punch but it's an easy time track but like I said at the beginning this is a continuation of asperity measures which way which were we were told were now over . Toby really good talking to you thank you so much for your time Toby Earle is a T.V. Critic What do you think do you think the government should use taxpayers' money to continue the free T.V. License have you in the last 24 hours. Have you changed your mind debate over this story do you admit that yesterday you were of the opinion all of this is all the B.B.C.'s fault but actually now you've looked at the facts you recognize that the B.B.C. Has been put in some would argue an impossible situation over this and it's now being the the punchbag as Toby just described very unfairly. Tracy in Aylesbury Good morning to Tracy morning Jonathan good morning what do you think about this idea then of using taxpayers' money to continue to provide the free T.V. License good idea or not. And to say I think that if you can afford to pay for I think it should be means tested basically I mean I know I know pensioners about a 75 to a couple of moves actually go silly millions of pounds in the bank and so then to get no sleep T.V. License is a bit dull strangely So I think everybody should be means tested. Me and if you can assault upon a then you should be paying I mean the baby see the businesses and it really is a basement. There are lots of people though who are not particularly wealthy and there are lots of people who aren't poor I thought you know I spoke to people yesterday on my program who said that they are not in receipt of pension credit but money still really tight and for many of those people to have the T.V. You know when you get into your eighty's and your ninety's maybe you're not going out as much and you know maybe the T.V. In the radio becomes more and more important to you and for those people who are really struggling. Have to suddenly find an extra 154 pounds a year is a big worry I absolutely yeah I mean I think that for people who. Are either one pension credit or have got. Their pensions you know just not big private pensions obviously that have to be tackled and I haven't thought long and hard about how much the caption pay people people on pension credits always state pensions should maybe get it Sree or heavily discounted but people with big company pensions bringing in a Son much of it then they should they should pay they worry who do you blame for all of this I mean the current for Rory that surrounds do you do you think the B.B.C. Is to blame or are you of the opinion that the government of conveniently used the baby say I think the government get lines of everything and it drives me mad I think you know I wouldn't say blind but I think that they say we're a bit slow going into it we're in the place where you should have said you know this is the amount of the T.V. Don't pull everybody in the country and this is the star you know. I think that I know but the way it works was in 2015 the B.B.C. Had to enter into the negotiations for charter renewal which in effect remains the B.B.C. Had to go into negotiations with the government to get permission to continue. And at that point the government said we need to cut the money that we all spending from tax payers so we will grant you permission to continue we'll give you your charter renewal license on the basis that you will you will make the decision over over 70 five's T.V. Licenses where no longer going to fund it so if it's going to continue you've got to take it out of your budget and that was the deal that was agreed to at the time . A child I didn't know any one. Who only would still say that you know I mean the B.B.C. Though God is fully musthave and I I just think that even though themselves to be trying to put in this position and they sort of still hold on to to to keep it keep this decision today well decision for them and I mean the reality is just looking at the figures and we looked at this yesterday there was absolutely no way the B.B.C. Could ever afford to do this and they you know I'm getting that to I'm getting the Texan now you know from the paper cut back on some of the presenters and management salaries they're all on a jolly says K. Of Luton you know just to put this in perspective for people who think oh this is all because Gary Lineker gets paid so much money it would cost 745000000 pounds for the B.B.C. To provide the free T.V. License 745000000. The entire budget the entire budget for B.B.C. Radio that's all local radio Radio One Radio 2 Radio 3 Radio 4 Radio 5 Live B.B.C. World Service all of the radio the entire budget $650000000.00 so if the B.B.C. Had agreed to do this they would have had to get rid of every single B.B.C. Radio station and still find further savings that's the kind of thing that we're talking about it would have been absolutely earth shattering for the B.B.C. If they'd agree to fund this exactly so I don't understand why they don't want in my position well that. I know not and that that's the interesting thing is now and that is why Lord hold the director general has said that in future he wants he wants the renegotiation of the B.B.C. Charter to be done to be done in public. So that you may everyone else can see what the government of the day is telling the B.B.C. They've got to do in return for the for the charter renewal because it would appear that whatever decisions were taken and whatever conversations were had I mean I presume the baby presume the bigs the management that they thought oh well this will all be OK They must have realised that this was going to be terrible for the B.B.C. To in effect become the full guy for the government scrapping the free T.V. License absolutely I don't understand how as a science I still see is a company you know how a company can allow themselves to be in the situation in the so it's like I just don't I just don't understand that at all or there we go Tracey thank you very much indeed. Tracy doesn't think that an awful lot of pensioners need to free T.V. License anyway should be means tested because there are loads of people over 75 who could afford it will do you think the government should use taxpayers' money to continue the free T.V. License Janet says I've now done a turnaround and although I still think the B.B.C. Could make many more cuts and needs to become more accountable when spending public money the government did make a promise and should honor it raise the age limit or give a cut price license says Janet Texan hear from someone as my balance 896 My grandmother is worried about affording the license so I will pay it for her she watches a lot of T.V. And without it she would be really lonely says this person thank you Sean in Biggleswade has got in touch for the program to share his thoughts good morning to shore on the windowless very high Sean what do you think. I believe that have in television is this not a law it is something that shows today. That which a cherished office but they say a television. Then you. Have a television. And then the B.B.C. . Come on. Choice. Giving. A free television license. Lose them all. And then dependent. On that you can trust what's happening in the well. So I think I understand the point you're making but I mean you sound like a young man children can all scold you all. 25 Do you have a grandmother or