[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Russ

Back in 1991 my first proper job after Uni was as a police civilian clerk, in short on shift with one of the policing teams. I was barely out of my teens and we also had some uniformed officers not much older than myself.

One of those went on to make it to Chief Inspector and took retirement on a full pension at 50 (as many cops do) but applied to do a civvy job in the police at supervisory level, the salary would have been around £32k.

So on top of that monthly wage, he also has his police pension (which I would never criticise him for as he was a damn good cop).

I don't know exactly what he's on (it's none of my business), but I'd consider him a well-off, if not 'rich', pensioner.

And as much as I liked the guy if I heard him complain about the fuel allowance removal I'd call him a knobhead to his face,

The problem is pensioners like my Father in Law who are just above the limit set by the government are the ones to struggle. As it stands if he needs help we as a family will ensure he is safe. Come the next election we as a family will not forget this.