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Pensioners take to Britain's streets demanding the government funds free TV licences for the over-75s
Ricky Tomlinson joins protestors outside BBC Media City in Salford, Greater Manchester, at the broadcaster's decision to axe free TV licences for 3.7 million pensioners
OVER 1,000 pensioners took to the streets across Britain today to protest against the withdrawal of TV licence funding for the poorest over-75s.
Britain’s biggest pensioner organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC), called on people to protest around the country.
Action took place outside BBC headquarters in London to demand that the government continue to fund concessionary licences.
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