[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, it did.
It is not the trusted broadcaster it once was...very biased.
It is like this news....about the licence fees.
Had it been a government led cut (and, yes...it was that in real terms) they would have been screaming about the 'poor and vulnerable' from the roof tops. They would have been wetting themselves with glee.
I think the news was released early to co-ordinate with the leadership race.
They hoped that the candidates would pick up the baton and promise to take responsibility for the fee.
That was what Age UK reported...it caught them on the hop, but more than half a million have signed their petition.