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<p>The future of the over 75 licence fee concession is the responsibility of the BBC.
In the 2015 funding settlement, the Government and the BBC agreed that responsibility
for the concession would transfer to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>However,
the Government is disappointed with the BBC’s decision as it has been clear that it
wants and expects the BBC to continue this concession. Since the BBC took its decision,
I have met with the Chairman of the BBC Board and the Director-General of the BBC
and I have asked them to do more to help the most vulnerable groups affected by the
decision.</p>
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