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Originally Posted by martyh
So if I understand you correctly you want to deprive people of a pension they have contributed to all their life so that people who have contributed little or nothing get that money ,and you justify this because in your opinion they have enough .I have a modest private pension so does that mean you want to take my state pension away that I have paid all my life
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I think it should be based on need.
I no longer receive child benefit, and to be honest I didn't need it so I wasn't bothered.
If my private pension pays out enough so that I don't need State pension as well, I'd also happily forgo that too.
I say if, as I can't predict the future.
Savings have to made, and this means and end to universal benefits across the board.
However, any government or prospective party would be mad to propose such a thing.