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UK State Pension
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bluethrunthru
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Its way too low - its way too late and the WASPI women deserve justice
Simple question is why as G7 country is that the case - the Greek economy is 16th in the world yet has better pensions arrangements than ours
Simple question is why as G7 country is that the case - the Greek economy is 16th in the world yet has better pensions arrangements than ours
Lost for words
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It should be but if it doesn't pay enough and the Government want to make it less worthwhile and harder to claim for reasons mentioned by others here then there will be a lot of anger especially amongst older people. What some people in the Labour Cabinet seem to be forgetting is that it is the older people who tend to get out and vote rather than the young, many of whom choose to vent their spleen on social media instead.
bluethrunthru
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It wasn't something that harmed the Conservatives in election after election for 14 years. The thing with pensioners is the die - it comes with the job - Labour need to concentrate on the young they will be the ones that win any Party elections over the next 25 years
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Funny thing with the young they get older and the majority get wiser, a few never do though to be fair.
Stockton Heath Blue
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And didn't their pensions system bankrupt the country earlier this century?
SilverFox2
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When are our pension increase letters due out?
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What a ludicrously gross over simplication!
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SilverFox2
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Tanks Den but mines complicated because as an older person I have part of it at. one rate and the rest at a different rate. Hopefully this year they will show how they calculate it.
Stockton Heath Blue
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As was the comparison between the Greek and UK pension systems. In my simplistic view, both countries have the same underlying issues - an aging population, with a reducing working population
I've made the £25K back that I lost out of my pension pot when Trump started his trade wars with countries around the world and the trade markets and pensions crashed at the start of this year.
It's taken 6 months or so, including moving my pension funds about, but I've finally made the £25K back. :-)
Hopefully with more and more trade deals between Trump, America and countries around the world being agreed, the stock markets will become more and more stable, go up, and pensions will continue to increase over the coming months and years of Trump's term as President.
www.bbc.co.uk
It's taken 6 months or so, including moving my pension funds about, but I've finally made the £25K back. :-)
Hopefully with more and more trade deals between Trump, America and countries around the world being agreed, the stock markets will become more and more stable, go up, and pensions will continue to increase over the coming months and years of Trump's term as President.
Japan PM Ishiba welcomes Trump's 'massive' trade deal announcement
The embattled prime minister confirmed a deal that will see cuts to tariffs and vehicle import levies.
www.bbc.co.uk
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One Fan Clapping
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The Nikkei is up 3.6% on that deal.I've made the £25K back that I lost out of my pension pot when Trump started his trade wars with countries around the world and the trade markets and pensions crashed at the start of this year.
It's taken 6 months or so, including moving my pension funds about, but I've finally made the £25K back. :-)
Hopefully with more and more trade deals between Trump, America and countries around the world being agreed, the stock markets will become more and more stable, go up, and pensions will continue to increase over the coming months and years of Trump's term as President.
Japan PM Ishiba welcomes Trump's 'massive' trade deal announcement
The embattled prime minister confirmed a deal that will see cuts to tariffs and vehicle import levies.
Bill Walker
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Doesn't seem to be, people talking about stock markets and Trump.
My UK state part pension never goes up with inflation, but if I lived in America it would.
deano ou812
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Talk of increasing the pension age again,it’ll get to the stage were you’ll be dead before you reach retirement for the majority of people..
blue b4 the moon
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The fiscal drag has hidden many issues, the triple lock will no doubt be binned sooner rather than later.
Those without a private pension will continue to suffer.
Some European countries still have a 65 year retirement target and pro rata higher state pensions than we do.
As we used to sing when Swales was the chairman....where's the money gone, where's the money gone...
Those without a private pension will continue to suffer.
Some European countries still have a 65 year retirement target and pro rata higher state pensions than we do.
As we used to sing when Swales was the chairman....where's the money gone, where's the money gone...
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flook
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it's abolition by the back door, the rubber faced racist has joined the chant to raise the pension age now, so whichever party gets in the story is the same, keep pushing the age up until peoples only option is to fully fund a retirement well in advance of the SP age themselves, at which point it's phased out completely.
To means test it or to restrict access to it in any other way is election suicide, so it's safe (if you live long enough to reach it) for a couple of decades yet
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Which European countries have a state retirement age of 55?
blue b4 the moon
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Oops should have been 65.
Only Sri Lanka has a 55 years retirement age for men and women.
About
5 countries have 55 for women, 60 for men - none of them European.