Labour's War On Pensioners Getting Nastier.....

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1965160/after-winter-fuel-increase-new-Labour-tax-pensioners

"Actually, that's a daft question. Labour has everything against pensioners. Starting with the fact that they’re the age group least likely to vote for them. It's almost like Labour is punishing them as a result."

"In next week's Budget, she'll go after their capital gains and inheritances, too. These will mostly hit older people for the obvious reason that they've had time to build up more wealth.

Something that Labour appears to view as a moral flaw."

So it's a "moral flaw" to provide for yourself is it? Right oh!

[Untitled]

no i am not suggesting pensioners be "punished" lol.  i do however find it hard to take seriously the idea that tories care about this at all. 

[newmodarmy]

Come off it nicecake-  //There are very few pensioners left after Matt Hancock marched them all off to the care homes during covid me old china. <:•)// must be one of the daftest posts ever.  I note you haven't responded to the flaws put forward in your claim.

[newmodarmy]

Putting the Cons to one side, untitled, do you agree with the specific action being taken by this government regarding WFA for pensioners? 

[Untitled]

like most people i think the cutoff is too low but agree in principal with removing it from the majority of pensioners who do not need it. 

[Dukedelorca]

Can't afford WFA but another couple of Billion to Ukraine today.😩😩

[Untitled]

*principle sorry

[newmodarmy]

//like most people i think the cutoff is too low but agree in principle with removing it from the majority of pensioners who do not need it. //

I have no real issue with the principle (as long as they don't go onto means test the state pension), but the difficyult bit is deciding which ones "do not need it". Even a pensioner getting £18000 a year (£1500 a month) might not have planned finances around getting it as usual this year and may now struggle to adjust. Maybe a year's notice plus consultation would have been better....or just make it a taxable payment for the better off so at least they are left with 80% of the money this year.