General Discussion
and here's another link worth having a read of (and the comments beneath it) http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-2634215/Why-millions-WONT-155-new-state-pension-theyre-expecting.html
Okay folks before you all have a go I know I've posted about this before (only yesterday in fact) but that post is lost somewhere on one of the threads and as I think this info is important I've decided to make it very clear for all (including me) just where it is. So here's the info again. Please pass on to those who will be affected. There are a lot of people 'out there' still not too sure just ...
But in the case that you quote OF, the buildings were/are being used for residential purposes, albeit for children only. In the case that I quote, the buildings are now being used as the location for a private sector business for pre-school age children. And don't know about you but me and my mates always played in the streets and roads when we were kids. It's something that is very ...
and finally in my tales of how RTB has panned out there is this. I appreciate that once a property is bought via RTB it is lost to the social housing sector. That said, it is still a property used as a dwelling albeit now in the private sector. And you would think, would you not, that given we have such a shortage of housing in this country that although now in the private sector the use of ...
And then of course there were those who bought the leasehold of their local authority flat at what they thought was a good deal until that is the local authority, as the freeholder with an obligation to do so, undertook major capital investment works such as recladding of the tower block/the putting in of double glazing. As leaseholders them as had bought their flats were liable to pay a ...
Yes I appreciate that some people who bought their houses/flats couldn't quite wrap their brains around the fact that the council were no longer responsible for their upkeep, repairs etc. For a few years I worked in the housing department of a local authority. One day I received a phone call from an elderly lady who was quite distressed because the council wouldn't send out a plumber to sort ...
Back in the early 1990s a friend of mine put in to buy her council house at whatever discounted rate it was that she was eligible for. At the time that she submitted her application her local authority was in the process of installing new double glazed windows in all its properties. However, because she had submitted a RTB application her LA said it wouldn't be doing any more improvements to her ...
oh and have a read of this https://www.saga.co.uk/money/pensions-and-savings/2014/state-pension-who-will-get-what-in-the-new-flat-rate.aspx?pid=mn
And the query is, and is a query that the state pensions people won't or can't answer, what type of NI contributions will be needed to have been paid for 35 years in order to qualify for this new state pension of circa £140 per week. Addendum; Just thought I'd do a search to see if any info has been put online since the last time I looked and. lo. and. behold! at long last we now have this ...
In your early 60s?. Take note of my post above.
