According to the web-site of the NUJ here,

and "The Guardian" here,

the NUJ has launched a legal challenge to the BBC Licence-fee 'deal'.


"Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, said:

"We have already said this was a shabby deal which is not good news for the licence fee payer or the BBC staff. It places the corporation in a situation where more cuts to jobs and programming are needed because of the funding shortfall, a move which will inevitably compromise quality. As well as being a bad deal done without any engagement with licence fee payers, we also believe that it is legally flawed and our legal team has written to the BBC Trust asking a series of questions and requesting it to reverse its decision to agree to pay for the licences of those aged 75 and over."".