I get what you are saying but that is not how our system actually works. As an example, you can only get contributory ESA (for illness/disability therefore not working) if you have paid sufficient (a… (View Post)

The original old age pension of early 1900s insisted on receiver being a citizen for twenty years. (View Post)

Give me strength. Chris Mason introduces the BBC news package on Farage and crime (only 14 mins into the news) by saying it is worth reflecting on how extraordinary it is that there is so much intere… (View Post)

I'm so old I don't even know what 'year six' means. But whatever age it is, there was no party. (View Post)

Oh FFS. Triple lock ruled out of scope for new pensions commission. I despair, I really do. (View Post)