The Labour Government

[mancityvstoke]

Why don't they like claiming cash?

seriously???????

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

It would be interesting to see how many of the retired this will have serious consequences for? Like on this thread, are our retired worried about paying their energy bills, buying groceries and keeping a roof over their head, or are they in a good position, no energy concerns, run a car as well as having a holiday or 2 each year.

I’m genuinely uncertain on this choice as on one hand I don’t like that people that can afford it should be getting it. On the other, I would hate it if it affected those on the bread line.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Totally lost the point of why pensioners don't like claiming cash and would rather freeze than claim but also lost the point about people saving money.

No one will save now and will claim everything they can.

If that means that the money is pumped back into the economy, surely that’s a good thing?

 

[mancityvstoke]

It would be interesting to see how many of the retired this will have serious consequences for? Like on this thread, are our retired worried about paying their energy bills, buying groceries and keeping a roof over their head, or are they in a good position, no energy concerns, run a car as well as having a holiday or 2 each year.

I’m genuinely uncertain on this choice as on one hand I don’t like that people that can afford it should be getting it. On the other, I would hate it if it affected those on the bread line.

It's those pensioners who have saved just over the thresholds for pension credit .......the incentive now is to spend instead as they see people getting big pay rises and they get fuck all but £200 lousy quid a week state pension

 

[Don Karleone]

She's been itching to do it since 2014.

 

[TinFoilHat]

I've just seen the speech.

Robot Reeves has had an emotions patch fitted.

Sounded Angry, and at one point like a mother scalding her kids who want to go to Disney and were told they were going Disley.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Pointless mate. Yes I'm sure eighty year old Ethel wants to spend her final years living with a lodger. Also overlooking the fact if she took one in they'd cut her benefits.

I didn't know your name was Ethel.

 

[mancityvstoke]

If that means that the money is pumped back into the economy, surely that’s a good thing?

Pumped back into the economy? are you joking? Peoples hard earned savings for a rainy day if the washing machine breaks down?

 

[mancityvstoke]

I didn't know your name was Ethel.

nice

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

It's those pensioners who have saved just over the thresholds for pension credit .......the incentive now is to spend instead as they see people getting big pay rises and they get fuck all but £200 lousy quid a week state pension

It’s a fucking shit system and not sure it’s been made worse by 14 years of the Conservative Party. Hopefully you’ve got a private pension to help you through.

My mother-in-law, God bless her soul, only had a state pension to fall back on when she retired, but managed to run her home without any real issues. I didn’t realise the pension was so low.