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Winter Fuel Allowance payments scrapped for millions of pensioners.


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25 minutes ago, Annie Bynnol said:

     What position?

     The Brexit Party(trading as Reform UK in elections) did not mention in its Manifesto or on any of its Policies. As owner of Reform UK, we have to wait for Farage to say something.

 

      

 

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32 minutes ago, El Cid said:

 

We have means tests for extra benefits already, so similar, it depends on the amount paid out.

Is 12% of pay enough, NHS etc its 6% from the employee and 16% from the employer.

    With no State Pension, the NHS career worker would be dependent on the interest from the Fund the NHS had set up for them and their own investments- there would be no means tested benefits for them. 

    An income of £10 000 pa would need a Fund + personal investment of well of over £200 000.

    A Government would have to rebuild trust in their ability to safeguard Pensions they controlled and mishandled e.g, steelworkers, teachers, mineworkers, etc and private pension schemes they failed to protect.

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2 hours ago, El Cid said:

 

That is fine if you are paying for it. My heating is still off.

That’s fine, ours is now on because we wish to feel comfortable, we’re not on benefits so we’e spending our money as we feel fit.

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China has just announced that they are increasing the retirement age by 3 years for men and 5 years for women.

I think the Labour party will put the pension age up to 68 this year, for xx years ahead, this £200 allowance is peanuts and will be forgotten.

We now have compulsory work pensions, save your own money if you want to retire early.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62421le4j6o

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3 minutes ago, El Cid said:

China has just announced that they are increasing the retirement age by 3 years for men and 5 years for women.

I think the Labour party will put the pension age up to 68 this year, for xx years ahead, this £200 allowance is peanuts and will be forgotten.

We now have compulsory work pensions, save your own money if you want to retire early.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62421le4j6o

How does that help people in their 50s /60s now ?

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