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The tenner winter payment...
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I notice a tenner credited to my account. It must be my Christmas gift from the government. When this was first given out it would have bought a family Christmas dinner and enough left over for a box at the local pantomime. NOw it won't even buy a bottle of wine.
How much would it need to be now to have kept pace with inflation? I think it was first given out during Jim Callaghan's time as PM, in the late 70s.
How much would it need to be now to have kept pace with inflation? I think it was first given out during Jim Callaghan's time as PM, in the late 70s.
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boxtops, are you saying that every time the temperature goes below zero for 7 consecutive nights you get the cold weather payment of £25?
My parents don't get it because although they are both retired they are not in receipt of means tested benefits.
They do get the £200 winter fuel allowance and the £10 Christmas bonus though
My parents don't get it because although they are both retired they are not in receipt of means tested benefits.
They do get the £200 winter fuel allowance and the £10 Christmas bonus though
Given that the (more substantial) winter fuel allowance has been introduced, and that the £10 bonus hasn't been uprated since its introduction, i feel the £10 Christmas bonus ought to be scrapped as it seems to be a source of irritation rather than pleasure.
No government has wanted to abolish it though because it would be perceived as robbing the elderly, so all governments have just let it wither on the vine.
It could be scrapped and added to the weekly state pension- but the government that does it would be mocked for giving a 20p a week increase, so I doubt it will happen.
No government has wanted to abolish it though because it would be perceived as robbing the elderly, so all governments have just let it wither on the vine.
It could be scrapped and added to the weekly state pension- but the government that does it would be mocked for giving a 20p a week increase, so I doubt it will happen.
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