13-02-2017, 05:24 PM
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Re: Pensioners are better off
Originally Posted by Eliza
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A report out says Pensioners are £20 better off a week than workers , Do you agree , ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38948369
I bet that weren't written by a Pensioner though!
14-02-2017, 07:49 AM
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Re: Pensioners are better off
Superficially, I'm not too badly off, but, like many pensioners our situation is finely balanced and it would take very little to fall off the edge into poverty. We have no savings, but I get a good pension (final salary scheme Thank Goodness!) plus the state pension. My wife gets benefits as she is severely disabled by osteoarthritis, heart problems,spinal problems and several other health issues. Despite being given "indefinite" DLA by the DWP, she has now been told that she must apply for PIP and this has caused her a great deal of anxiety - given the stories about corruption and incompetent/lying unqualified assessors within ATOS and Capita and the 10,000 + people who have died within a few weeks of being declared "fit for work" over the past few years.We don't own our own home, so to some extent we are at the mercy of the local authority housing department - a department which we would trust as far as we could throw it.
At present, apart from my wife's DLA, we manage to thrive without claiming any other benefits - Housing benefit, council tax benefit etc.
So, as I said, we are currently fairly comfortable, but like many pensioners, we feel we are balanced on a cliff edge.
14-02-2017, 10:04 AM
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Re: Pensioners are better off
Originally Posted by MickB
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At present, apart from my wife's DLA, we manage to thrive without claiming any other benefits - Housing benefit, council tax benefit etc. So, as I said, we are currently fairly comfortable, but like many pensioners, we feel we are balanced on a cliff edge.
14-02-2017, 11:10 AM
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Re: Pensioners are better off
Originally Posted by Emjay
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As you said the condition of your wife, you should be getting council tax relief, and other bits. But I suppose it would depend on where you live and the council.
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