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Thompson nearly resigned over 2010 licence fee deal
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson nearly resigned in 2010 over a government threat to make the corporation foot a £556m bill for free television licences for the elderly, it has emerged.
Ex-DG baulked at plans for elderly
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