Am I wrong

[Ric.ror]

But I thought on Breakfast tv - Paul Lewis said the increase in state pensions would be at a lower rate for the poorest pensioners - he then used a friar tuck analogy - I forget what now

That cannot be right can it?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph....edge-is-honoured.html

/// However, Michelle Mitchell, charity director for Age UK, pointed out that extra money for pensioners on lower incomes would be paid for by making the savings credit available to fewer people.///

Can't see anything about the pension being at a lower rate for the poorest pensioners.

[Ric.ror]

Thanks for the link

I guess its the same old tory - rich get rich and the poor get poorer - it was ever thus

[anotheoldgit]

Surely in this case it is the poorer pensioner who is getting richer?

[sandyRoe]

I doubt if anyone gets rich on a pension.

[factor-fiction]

^ "I guess its the same old tory - rich get rich and the poor get poorer - it was ever thus "
This is one of those phrases that people recite without really questioning whether it's true.

[jno]

it seems to be true, factor

http://www.guardian.c...ission-wage-disparity

I'm assuming Ric.ror meant "story" rather than "tory" as it isn't a party political thing

[Ric.ror]

I GUESS ITS THE SAME OLD TORY STORY - Oh Ive gone all shouty - must really mean it then

[jno]

I think the wealth gap widened under Labour as well, that's why I said it wasn't a party thing.

[ludwig]

Tory Story - that could be a film, starring Woody Cameron and George 'Buzz' Lightyear.