The Conservatives have already changed their promise on that. In the 2017 manifesto, they promised to keep the free TV licence. Now they are promising to keep it as long as everybody else pays for it. Surely that is a bit like saying the Government will provide free bus fares for everybody, as long as the bus companies pay for them?
Budget Resolutions
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Grant
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 March 2020.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions.
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