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A UK lead to G8 countries to offer free phones for persons over 75

Submitted on Thursday 23rd May 2013

Published on Friday 24th May 2013

Current status: Closed

Closed: Saturday 24th May 2014

Signatures: 4

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Britain ~ Citizens ~ TV ~ UK

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A UK lead to G8 countries to offer free phones for persons over 75

Additional Information

On 15 September 2005 I asked Gordon Brown Chancellor of the Exchequer

Several persons at today's conference on Practical Steps to Alleviate UK Poverty, hosted by Elizabeth Finn Care, suggested I put to you directly the question I asked of the keynote speaker Frank Field, which was

At present persons of 75 and older do not have to pay the TV licence fee, but older persons may have a more urgent need: an 80-year-old neighbour had no telephone, so I gave my number for her friends to call: is there any plan to give tariff-free phones to senior citizens over the age, say, of 75, as one step to lessening their isolation? Nothing happened.

Is this a field where Britain can give a G8 lead?


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