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johnhook · 24-06-2015, 20:10

of course but although distasteful I want to know what is going to be done with the state pension. I believe that has risen 12 billion in a couple of years and will continue to. Ok if they stop tax credits now sorted cut ESA and housing benefit great in a few years the state pension will have swallowed that up and increased. The estimates are plain over 200 billion by 2030 that is only 15 years I still wont be eligible then it is an unsustainable rise the highest in the welfare bill what is going to be done with that? Nothing? because all I ever see is we cant not make cuts to the poor pensioner

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http://www.theguardian.com/news/data...zoomed-picture 2011 /12 figures show State pension 74 billion

the graph here shows 88 billion http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...12billion.html

so a 14 billion increase in a few years. If it continues? by 2018 it will be 100 billion by 2020 120 billion

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johnhook Permanently Banned Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 145	Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged. of course but although distasteful I want to know what is going to be done with the state pension. I believe that has risen 12 billion in a couple of years and will continue to. Ok if they stop tax credits now sorted cut ESA and housing benefit great in a few years the state pension will have swallowed that up and increased. The estimates are plain over 200 billion by 2030 that is only 15 years I still wont be eligible then it is an unsustainable rise the highest in the welfare bill what is going to be done with that? Nothing? because all I ever see is we cant not make cuts to the poor pensioner ---------- Post added at 20:10 ---------- Previous post was at 20:02 ---------- http://www.theguardian.com/news/data...zoomed-picture 2011 /12 figures show State pension 74 billion the graph here shows 88 billion http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...12billion.html so a 14 billion increase in a few years. If it continues? by 2018 it will be 100 billion by 2020 120 billion