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Reminds me of my childhood.
Inside the two incredible cruise ships currently anchored off Devon coast https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/inside-two-incredible-cruise-ships-4226403
and then read this: Free school meals: ‘I only eat one meal a day so my children don’t go hungry’ https://inews.co.uk/opinion/free-school-meals-vouchers-summer-holidays-uk-children-hungry-449261
and if the plane painting jobby wasn't bad enough now some Tories want money spent on not one but two new royal yachts. What planet do these people live on?! Boris Johnson asked by Penny Mordaunt to be 'bold' in ... www.portsmouth.co.uk › News › Defence 11 hours ago - ... Royal Yacht Britannia' in a 'bold' plan drawn up ...
As is pointed out in the article below (see link) the UK state pension is presently based on the National Insurance contributions of an individual not that individual's wealth. If the government were to suddenly make it means tested wouldn't that be moving the goal posts just a tad too far? The goal posts have already been moved remember by the raising of the state pension age (now 66 years). ...
The Carnival Breeze has now arrived.
And yet there are plenty who never had the opportunity to save or buy a house but have worked hard all there lives.
Leatash, this then asks the question, is there a difference between those that have earnt good money and spent it and those who also earned good money and have saved it. Those that saved for a pension and those that did not. I agree we must all tighten our belts but means testing for the OAPension is not right
My thoughts there are those on state pension who struggle from month to month and then there are those who have good public or private pensions who are sitting in clover so maybe we should means test all pensioners and those who need it get it and those who are sitting in clover dont. So looking at my own situation i am certainly not sitting in clover but would not miss a state pension rise for 3 ...
I seem to remember Theresa May threatening this in the 2017 election (along with the "dementia tax"). She called the election fully expecting to romp home against Jeremy Corbyn's commissars, but a hung parliament was the result instead. Much was said at the time that the Tories lost what was referred to as "the grey vote" because of this, which was a significant factor in May's failure to secure ...