The Labour Government

Changed retirement age to 67 a while back

The 67 kicks in between April 1960 and 1961, so as @roach3 says, he's retiring at 66yrs 3 months.

With WASPI, there were two changes - the first which gave many years of notice to a biggish change, but also a shorter term one where the coalition sped up the changeover period.

It could something similar to the latter, but I can't imagine it's politically, or even financially worth it to push back just one group of people a few months with less than a year's notice.
 
I see they are trying to raise the age you can retire. Apparently they want to raise it from 66 to 67 which for people in there 30/40s won’t make a great deal of difference.
I’ve read that if you were born after April 1960 they want it to be 67.
I was born June 1960 and scheduled to retire sept 2026. I have paid in 47 years in NI stamps 49 years by the time I retire.
If this is announced in the spring budget they would effectively giving me one years notice to up my retirement age and then means testing it.
How much notice did the waspi women get?

On top of this they are looking at changing employers rules in that they can’t make you retire if you don’t want to.

If this goes ahead then employers CAN make you leave if they think you can no longer do the job or offer you another position on minimum wage.

When the tories said be careful what you wish for I was sceptical but this labour government on top of all the woke shite
Are fucking thieves.

I may not be politically savvy but fuck me
These cunts really don’t give a fuck about my generation.
Won’t affect you.
 
I see they are trying to raise the age you can retire. Apparently they want to raise it from 66 to 67 which for people in there 30/40s won’t make a great deal of difference.
I’ve read that if you were born after April 1960 they want it to be 67.
I was born June 1960 and scheduled to retire sept 2026. I have paid in 47 years in NI stamps 49 years by the time I retire.
If this is announced in the spring budget they would effectively giving me one years notice to up my retirement age and then means testing it.
How much notice did the waspi women get?

On top of this they are looking at changing employers rules in that they can’t make you retire if you don’t want to.

If this goes ahead then employers CAN make you leave if they think you can no longer do the job or offer you another position on minimum wage.

When the tories said be careful what you wish for I was sceptical but this labour government on top of all the woke shite
Are fucking thieves.

I may not be politically savvy but fuck me
These cunts really don’t give a fuck about my generation.
Just to be clear, which "woke shite" do you mean? Anti-racism, anti-misogyny, anti-social justice??
 
I see they are trying to raise the age you can retire. Apparently they want to raise it from 66 to 67 which for people in there 30/40s won’t make a great deal of difference.
I’ve read that if you were born after April 1960 they want it to be 67.
I was born June 1960 and scheduled to retire sept 2026. I have paid in 47 years in NI stamps 49 years by the time I retire.
If this is announced in the spring budget they would effectively giving me one years notice to up my retirement age and then means testing it.
How much notice did the waspi women get?

On top of this they are looking at changing employers rules in that they can’t make you retire if you don’t want to.

If this goes ahead then employers CAN make you leave if they think you can no longer do the job or offer you another position on minimum wage.

When the tories said be careful what you wish for I was sceptical but this labour government on top of all the woke shite
Are fucking thieves.

I may not be politically savvy but fuck me
These cunts really don’t give a fuck about my generation.
The newspaper you were reading must have been over 10 years old. The most recent changes to state pension age were legislated in 2014. There will be 10 years notice for any future changes so there’s nothing new that can affect you that you haven’t known about for years.
 
Absolutely. The economic sleight of hand that is in work benefits means we get all the drawbacks of a nationalised industry (tax payer funded). Any suggestion that this stops is met with cries of job losses and higher prices - putting a dent in vast profit margins never seems to be an option for some reason. The big supermarkets are some of the worst for this.
They always have been. As soon as Working Tax Credits were introduced it was these companies that were the main recipients of savings on wages.
Makes my blood boil that within my lifetime one parent being able to work and support the whole family has now gone to both parents working and still struggling (in some cases).
 
People can always vote for Farage who wants to means test the NHS!

That makes a bit of fiddling with state pensions seem fucking trivial. Read up on what a simple operation costs, never mind a heart attack.

Means testing the NHS would absolutely hammer pensioners - unless they were exempted. And if they were exempted, it wouldn't make much of a saving, would it?
 
I see they are trying to raise the age you can retire. Apparently they want to raise it from 66 to 67 which for people in there 30/40s won’t make a great deal of difference.
I’ve read that if you were born after April 1960 they want it to be 67.
I was born June 1960 and scheduled to retire sept 2026. I have paid in 47 years in NI stamps 49 years by the time I retire.
If this is announced in the spring budget they would effectively giving me one years notice to up my retirement age and then means testing it.
How much notice did the waspi women get?

On top of this they are looking at changing employers rules in that they can’t make you retire if you don’t want to.

If this goes ahead then employers CAN make you leave if they think you can no longer do the job or offer you another position on minimum wage.

When the tories said be careful what you wish for I was sceptical but this labour government on top of all the woke shite
Are fucking thieves.

I may not be politically savvy but fuck me
These cunts really don’t give a fuck about my generation.
And the LGPS becomes an ever increasing quagmire/blackhole.
 
Surprised the potential inquiry is still being discussed. The Twitter crusade has ended and the world has moved on.

Wonder what Musk’s next topic that he will whip up the frothers with.
Really ? That's it ...nothing to see here . That it took a **** like Musk to get this back in the news shames us all.
 
Upgraded 0.1% for 2025 downgraded 0.2% for 2024. Keep the champagne on ice.

WTAF. We’ve just had two weeks of the Tories, Reform, and the majority of the media telling us that the UK economy is going down the toilet, then some **** posts that?

Must be fake news, all those mentioned can’t have been so wrong.
I suppose any straw will be grasped.
The IMF attribute this to the increase in Government spending driven by borrowing and tax hikes.
The impact of those tax hikes have yet to be felt and business and consumer confidence is on the floor already.
JP Morgan have trimmed their UK growth forecast to 0.7% - Less than half the IMF forecast, Barclays at 0.9%.
I know who I believe.
 
Really ? That's it ...nothing to see here . That it took a **** like Musk to get this back in the news shames us all.
Not really. It just got the rent-a-mob crowd active on social media.

It’ll be chip paper in a month, just like the petition for another election was.

Musk knows how to rile his rabble. He couldn’t care less about anything in the UK.
 
Absolutely. The economic sleight of hand that is in work benefits means we get all the drawbacks of a nationalised industry (tax payer funded). Any suggestion that this stops is met with cries of job losses and higher prices - putting a dent in vast profit margins never seems to be an option for some reason. The big supermarkets are some of the worst for this.
I agree with the sentiment. That said, in work benefits just another example that demonstrates good intentions do not necessarily mean good outcomes. A lot of cash has been distributed to those most in need but with the consequence of encouraging employers to keep real wages low and literally resulting in many businesses being subsidised by the taxpayer but also acting as a disincentive to aspiration, trapping people in low paid jobs and limiting their life chances.
 
I suppose any straw will be grasped.
The IMF attribute this to the increase in Government spending driven by borrowing and tax hikes.
The impact of those tax hikes have yet to be felt and business and consumer confidence is on the floor already.
JP Morgan have trimmed their UK growth forecast to 0.7% - Less than half the IMF forecast, Barclays at 0.9%.
I know who I believe.
Hopefully you don't believe the bankers who helped to crash the economy in 2008?
 

The most annoying thing about modern politics is that a forecast is considered news. Terry at the bank reckons the economy is doing well this year. If you must do them, any stories about forecasts should be accompanied with a table of all of their forecasts for the last 10 years versus what actually happened.

Actually, let's extend that rule to transfer speculation too.
 
I see they are trying to raise the age you can retire. Apparently they want to raise it from 66 to 67 which for people in there 30/40s won’t make a great deal of difference.
I’ve read that if you were born after April 1960 they want it to be 67.

I was born June 1960 and scheduled to retire sept 2026. I have paid in 47 years in NI stamps 49 years by the time I retire.
If this is announced in the spring budget they would effectively giving me one years notice to up my retirement age and then means testing it.
How much notice did the waspi women get?

On top of this they are looking at changing employers rules in that they can’t make you retire if you don’t want to.

If this goes ahead then employers CAN make you leave if they think you can no longer do the job or offer you another position on minimum wage.

When the tories said be careful what you wish for I was sceptical but this labour government on top of all the woke shite
Are fucking thieves.

I may not be politically savvy but fuck me
These cunts really don’t give a fuck about my generation.
Is this the change they announced in 2014/5?

I may not be politically savvy but fuck me

You're clearly not and I'd rather not :-)
 
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