Category Archives: Pensions

£168.50 per week !

Posted on March 8, 2020 by john graham

That is the National State Pension in the UK.    Or put another way it is about £8,000 a year.   Obviously that must be successive Government’s view of how much you need to live on.      Surely everyone wants … Continue reading →

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Deaf Ears

Posted on July 18, 2019 by john graham

A report published by Exeter University and Kings College London attracted a front page headline in The Times this week. It was about a study of over 25,000 older people and it concluded that those who wore hearing aids performed … Continue reading →

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Super Delux Pension Supplement.

Posted on March 29, 2018 by john graham

This is a continuation of my blogs on welfare benefits.   It directly follows on from the last post. ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on “Welfare Benefits “ in the Tag Cloud )  The Last … Continue reading →

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Super Delux Pension !

Posted on March 27, 2018 by john graham

This is a continuation of my blogs on welfare benefits.   ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on “Welfare Benefits “ in the Tag Cloud )   But now I am moving away from all the … Continue reading →

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“Pension Political Spin”

Posted on February 5, 2017 by john graham

The Conservative party has long seen itself as a champion of older people.   It prides and preens itself as a supporter of traditional British values.   This has kept it in power for the last two general elections propped … Continue reading →

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“Pension Discredit”

Posted on May 22, 2016 by john graham

When Pension Credit was first introduced by the Government, it was one of the least understood benefits for older people and it remains so to this day.    It is supposed to ensure the poorest pensioners are guaranteed a higher level … Continue reading →

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The £155 pension hardly anyone gets !

Posted on April 10, 2016 by john graham

I have been writing about pensions almost from the start of my blog and a familiar theme in many of my posts is about the cynicism and duplicity of ‘ political speak’.   So many political announcements grab headlines on … Continue reading →

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“Deaths up = Taxes up”

Posted on March 20, 2016 by john graham

We have just this week heard the 2016 Budget announcement from the Chancellor —  George Osbourne.   Pensioners have once again been ‘protected’?   No cuts to benefits for older people  — not even to Winter Fuel Allowance.   However the … Continue reading →

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“Age UK” – The Last Straw

Posted on March 13, 2016 by john graham

Just as I predicted a few weeks ago in my blogs about Age UK’s commercial deals (see “Age UK” in the TAG CLOUD for the previous posts). The Charity Commission have been provoked into action. The recent negative publicity about … Continue reading →

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Pensioners votes taken forgranted.

Posted on January 25, 2016 by john graham

The Conservative Party has long seen itself as a champion of older people.    It prides and preens itself  as a supporter of British values.  This has kept it in power through the last two general elections, propped up by the … Continue reading →

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