£300 a year to pensioners is ~£1.5 billion in savings. It's peanuts really.
It’s 7% of the missing £22bn, definitely not peanuts.
After 14 years of coddling by the Tories, it’s high time the portion of the retired that can afford it started repaying some of the damage that was done to the economy during the pandemic in order to keep them safe - the young and working age of the country have already paid a lot more. I hope the triple-lock is scrapped in the budget, it’s wrong that pensions go up by more than average wages.
and at what point would you decide that portion starts ?
Luckily there are people who are professionally capable of addressing questions around means testing, and it's not decided arbitrarily by some guy on a bike forum. Phew!
It’s 7% of the missing £22bn, definitely not peanuts.
After 14 years of coddling by the Tories, it’s high time the portion of the retired that can afford it started repaying some of the damage that was done to the economy during the pandemic in order to keep them safe - the young and working age of the country have already paid a lot more. I hope the triple-lock is scrapped in the budget, it’s wrong that pensions go up by more than average wages.