feederfil Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 As a matter of record fuel payments for over 60s has been cut.I was 60 in April ,I don't receive fuel allowance until next Dec when I will be 61.They have moved the goalposts with this and bus passes , the age for receiving fuel allowance moves every year but has been kept quiet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 As a matter of record fuel payments for over 60s has been cut.I was 60 in April ,I don't receive fuel allowance until next Dec when I will be 61.They have moved the goalposts with this and bus passes , the age for receiving fuel allowance moves every year but has been kept quiet! No the state pension age for women is changing to bring into line with men. Therefore the age at which you qualify for WFPs is changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT70 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 should be cut and means tested only to the very needy, not given out based on age. absolute joke and raised from £10 to £100 then £200 just to win labour votes when GB was chancellor. give it the oaps and the poor only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 As a matter of record fuel payments for over 60s has been cut.I was 60 in April ,I don't receive fuel allowance until next Dec when I will be 61.They have moved the goalposts with this and bus passes , the age for receiving fuel allowance moves every year but has been kept quiet! If you were born AFTER the 5/1/1951, you will not qualify for it till next year... And you will have to register a claim for it by 30/03/12, its not an automatic payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Ash you could tell the same person the same provable fact a million times and because it doesn’t fit their preconceived ideas it tends to just bounce off them and is never absorbed. feel better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I don't think us silvertops have any need to worry once the Labour party get rid of Milliband the grey voters will take care of the next election and then we can say goodbye to Cam and Co. and record them as history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Parties do not stand for election. MPs do. ... That is technically correct, but my impression is that the vast bulk of the electorate vote for a particular party rather then any individual MP they have an interest in. This is why we have so much tactical voting and floating voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 i am not only concerned with the position of the elderly. my sympathies are for anyone who is experiencing financial hardship through no fault of their own. yes i agree the poorer in society should be given the most help. people have very different ideas about how the system could be fairly operated though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Whilst I agree with your statement about the nature of Government, you are missing an important detail. Under FPP, we usually get a majority Government and therefore, we can expect them to implement their manifesto. We don't have that this time and so, we have the rather unedifying spectacle of two party leader jettisoning pledges and principles. Both Clegg and Cameron campaigned hard on principles which they are now willing to toss away in order to retain power. And they wonder why people are disillusioned with politics. I'd suggest that people are disillusioned because they don't understand the nature of coalition government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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