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National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
Tim Davie, BBC Director General
The NPC has written to Tim Davie, BBC Director General. It is available to download and read below. Dear Mr. Davie, Re Free TV licences f...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
Scam Alerts
The NPC are sharing just some of the latest scams with regards to TV Licensing, Test & Trace and COVID-19. Please be ever vigilant and see t
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 6, 2020
- 5 min
TV Licence Campaign - Letter Response
In June, Jan Shortt, NPC General Secretary, wrote to the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, and the Secretary of State for Digi...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
TV LICENSING LETTERS
From today the BBC are sending out a letter and application form with regards to the over 75's free TV licence. The NPC would like, as pa...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
TV LICENCE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE
Please see the below message from Jan Shortt, NPC General Secretary I want to thank everyone who has taken part in our TV licence campaig...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 29, 2020
- 2 min
NPC protesters across UK tear up their TV licences
The National Pensioners’ Convention staged ‘pensioner protests’ across the UK today (30th July) in an 11th hour bid to save the free TV l...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 28, 2020
- 3 min
TV LICENCE PROTESTS
NPC members take to streets for 11th hour socially-distanced demos over axing of free TV licences Britain’s biggest campaign group for ol...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
Last ditch bid to save over 75's free TV licence
The National Pensioners’ Convention will protest outside Downing Street* and BBC offices on Thursday over the axing of free TV licences f...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 22, 2020
- 4 min
Boris Promised
The NPC is continuing to campaign against the cruel decision to end the free TV licence for all over 75's from the 1st August. This mail...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 12, 2020
- 4 min
A Call to Arms
The NPC is sending out a Call To Arms over the cruel decision to axe the over 75s TV licence from 1st August. Jan Shortt, NPC General Sec...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 9, 2020
- 3 min
Switched Off
Yesterday the BBC annouced that it is to go ahead with a plan to end free TV licences for most over-75s, after a two-month delay because ...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 9, 2020
- 1 min
Letter Response
The NPC has received a response from Sir David Clementi, Chair of the board of the BBC. Read the response.
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jun 21, 2020
- 1 min
OVER 75's TV LICENCE
The NPC has written once again to the DCMS and the Prime Minister regarding the TV licence. A templated letter for you to write to your...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jun 7, 2020
- 1 min
Letters
The NPC has written a letter to Lord Foulkes and received a response to our letter from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
TV Licensing
The NPC has written a briefing paper about TV Licensing and the enforcement process.
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National Pensioners Convention
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
OVER 75's TV LICENCE
The NPC has written to every MP asking them to think of their oldest constituents and ask the Government to take responsibility for fundi...
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