Winter fuel allowance

[JohnD]

AND £1 million in assets sounds a lot but for people in their 20’s now it’ll become much more of the norm when they are pensioners

1) most personal wealth in UK is held in the firm of Property and Pensions

2) Those in their 20's now have much less chance of owning a home, securing a permanent well-paid job, or a good pension, than was the case 40 or 50 years ago.

 

[Andydevon]

Still waiting for the evidence.

 

[JohnD]

I am a pensioner. I am not poor. I don't mind losing that taxpayer handout.

There are people who need it more than me, and the nation is struggling to repair the damage caused by the Cons.

The Con supporters are trying to curry favour with their mostly elderly voters by saying that pensioners should get a taxpayer handout even if they don't need it.

 

[Murdochcat]

My misses NHS pension, taken at 55 would have cost over £800k if bought on the open market.

Does that make us millionaires?

 

[Murdochcat]

The Con supporters are trying to curry favour with their mostly elderly voters by saying that pensioners should get a taxpayer handout even if they don't need it.

Did you send the money you got for support for your energy bills back to HMRC ?

 

[Notch7]

My misses NHS pension, taken at 55 would have cost over £800k if bought on the open market.

Does that make us millionaires?

Would you be able to afford to heat your house over the winter if you didn’t get the winter fuel allowance?

My guess is yes

 

[Andydevon]

Murdochat - well obviously as your miss's has paid her dues over her working life lets have some socialist Feckers steal it from her. Well give it to train drivers.

 

[Notch7]

Did you send the money you got for support for your energy bills back to HMRC ?

Did you?

 

[Andydevon]

Oh dear Nortch7 maybe you need to concentrate on wealth inequality.

Train strikes near end as train drivers' union Aslef secures deal

The proposed offer has "no-strings" and sees a backdated pay rise and increases in future for drivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Murdochcat]

Did you?

Of course not. There was no process

 

[Murdochcat]

Murdochat - well obviously as your miss's has paid her dues over her working life lets have some socialist Feckers steal it from her. Well give it to train drivers.

Well, her contributions haven’t been much over the years and the payout per year plus the lump sum is amazing

 

[Andydevon]

Murdochat - but is that not the equation of public service work. Put up with the graft and be rewarded at the end of your working life? It certainly was when I joined the civil service in the 1980's.

 

[Munroast]

Old age folk tend to vote tory - why is anyone surprised two tier kier doesn't give a damn about them

 

[denso13]

Old age folk tend to vote tory - why is anyone surprised two tier kier doesn't give a damn about them

Mick and Elton will be ok, don't fret.

 

[Notch7]

Old age folk tend to vote tory - why is anyone surprised two tier kier doesn't give a damn about them

Tories aren’t too keen on old people…they seeded care homes with covid and killed off thousands of them, at the same time as Tory MPs were partying and downing suitcases full of booze.