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Jonathan Scott
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I think I'd have to be 75 to get a free TV license (which pays for the BBC). I think that's likely to be going away soon anyway.
The only concession on transport here at age 60 is that if I lived in London I would be eligible for free public transport within the London area. Elsewhere, free public transport mostly starts at state pension age for women, which is currently 63 and rising, and by the time I catch up with it in 2022 the state pension age will be 66 for both men and women.
I've now discovered one other thing that starts at age 60 here - free eye tests. What would be a lot better would be free spectacles, or at least lenses! I currently need four pairs (reading, office, music, distance) which after a lot of careful adjustment of my prescription are now fairly well optimised. (My eyes have rather limited accommodation because I went somewhat cross-eyed at age 3 through reading too much and it was fashionable at the time to "fix" that by a "squint operation" which deliberately weakened some of the eye muscles. The operation is now considered unnecessary or even harmful in most such mild cases as the child's eyes recover naturally).
The only concession on transport here at age 60 is that if I lived in London I would be eligible for free public transport within the London area. Elsewhere, free public transport mostly starts at state pension age for women, which is currently 63 and rising, and by the time I catch up with it in 2022 the state pension age will be 66 for both men and women.
I've now discovered one other thing that starts at age 60 here - free eye tests. What would be a lot better would be free spectacles, or at least lenses! I currently need four pairs (reading, office, music, distance) which after a lot of careful adjustment of my prescription are now fairly well optimised. (My eyes have rather limited accommodation because I went somewhat cross-eyed at age 3 through reading too much and it was fashionable at the time to "fix" that by a "squint operation" which deliberately weakened some of the eye muscles. The operation is now considered unnecessary or even harmful in most such mild cases as the child's eyes recover naturally).