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I must admit that I have been having a good laugh about the fuel allowance, because the pensioner friends I have that are complaining the most about it are traditional Labour voters.
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That's probably demographically unrepresentative though. Pensioners as a block are Tory learning, even in 2024, but we're talking about ones who are - on paper anyway - 'better off' so probably the strongest Tory demographic in the country.
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Originally Posted by Escapee
The 20% payrise is unlikely to be the end to it, once they see that the tax increases have eroded what they were expecting to have in their pocket, they will be asking for more.
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Well, they already were. Their whole thing is 'Full Pay Restoration' which is to be paid what they were in 2008 in real terms. Not so much on tax but relative to inflation. They will come back to it.
Remember the full pay increase is not a literal 20% bump to their annual salary but an amalgamation of prior raises already agreed, one-off bonuses and a 5% actual salary bump IIRC.
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ps. O think continuing to freeze tax allowances is a given.
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Yeah they're not gonna move for the entire Parliament.