The BBC has confirmed they will end free TV licences for most over-75s in August.
The change was originally due to be made on June 1, but there was a two-month delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, up to 3.7 million people will be asked to start paying the £157.50 fee from August 1.
Only low-income households where one person receives the pension credit benefit will still be eligible for a free licence.
The topic was part of a heated discussion yesterday in the House of Commons.
Labour's shadow culture minister Chris Matheson said pensioners will be "forced to choose between eating and watching TV" if free TV licences for the over-75s are scrapped.
During culture questions, he told the Commons: "The BBC is cutting jobs and content to pay for the cost of the licence dumped on them by the Government.
"And pensioners are forced to choose between eating and watching TV."
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Responding, culture minister Matt Warman said: "The fact is that the BBC has had a generous licence fee settlement and it is deeply disappointing that they have chosen to go down the path that they apparently are going down.
"I would of course hope that there is yet time to reconsider that because he is right to say that television has been vital comfort for many people in the last few months."
