What you say is correct but it doesn’t help the perception when the govt makes it clear, via the HMRC website, that the state pension is a contributory benefit you earn through NI payments over time. (View Post)

Not so, but not far off now and it has been falling too. Quite a bit since 2012-14 ‘In more than 90% of areas the HLE was now below the state pension age of 66 or 67 and in one in 10 it was below 55.… (View Post)

This is quite the story with bizarre responses from people to it. Sexual abuse is sexual abuse. ‘ A JPMorgan executive allegedly used her power to sexually harass and abuse a junior male employee - d… (View Post)

I’m perfectly aware it affects us all and I don’t disagree with your view of it. I was chatting to a neighbour the other day who thought pensioners shouldn’t pay tax. That seems a prevailing view how… (View Post)

It doesn’t necessarily show pensioner incomes have increased significantly. It will certainly show the effect of fiscal drag due to the lack of increase of the personal allowance. (View Post)