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Fund Free TV licences for all pensioners.

Submitted by Michael Thompson on Monday 26th May 2025

Published on Wednesday 11th June 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 11th December 2025

Signatures: 15,985

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Tagged with

Bills ~ Children ~ Cost ~ country ~ Desperate ~ Draw ~ fund ~ licence fee ~ Media ~ OUTRAGEOUS ~ Outrageously ~ Pension Credit ~ Pensions ~ Raise ~ Soaring ~ Tax ~ testing ~ TV ~ TV Licence ~ TV licence fee ~ utility bills

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 15,985 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 1,547th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 104% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of -4% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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