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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
http://news.sky.com/video/more-flexi...n-age-10616040
I have extreme opionons on this. I will turn 65 on 28 December yhis year. And l have been told that my pension will start in January 2017.
Now the Gvernment paln to change this.
I find this totally appalling. I have paid into this Governments treasury all my life. I have had three periods of unemployments in that time.
But, there has been a survey of how people are living longer. My wife cannot retire for another three years.
I will NOT be able to survive on THAT pension, so therefore will have to continue to work. I cannot, and WILL NOT sit on my backside to keep my family in the 'pleasure ' of life.
This government should give people that retire over 65. A decent pension to live on.
Prices go up, yet nothing else.
My rent is £700.00 per month on social housing. My pension is £150.00 per week - which totals £600.00 which leaves £100 how can you survive on that.
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It actually leaves you a hundred quid in the red each month.
That prices go up but nothing else does is not true as far as pensions go. They go up by wages, prices or 2.5%, whichever is higher.
You have paid in to the treasury but also taken out of it your entire life. Going by your earlier comments you are probably already well into the red.
Regardless even if you were in those households that do make a net contribution each year, and most aren't, it isn't a savings account. Your pension will be paid by current taxpayers.
Could be worse. I'm not going to hit retirement age until 68 as of right now, and it'll probably be later still by the time I get there. Pensions aren't affordable as they stand right now, let alone making them more generous.
I suggest you look into
Pension Credit.