If pensioners die from winter cold should their gravestones be engraved with the words ” Frozen to Death by Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer ” for eternity?
This is the recording of my interview last night with Ian Rothwell of Salford City Radio on the failure of the government to agree yet to any compensation for the women born in the 1950s who had to wait six more years to get their pension and the government’s sudden cruel decision to abolish the winter fuel allowance with little notice for 10.8 million people.
A reminder the original story on my blog has now got over 190.000 hits reflecting the strong feeling people have about Labour’s decision to do this leaving many of the poorest pensioners, many over 80, between £200 and £300 worse off this winter by setting such a low income level to qualify for the money.
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Museums all round the country have more artifices than can ever be displayed.
The British Museum didn’t even notice things missing from their stores.
If the Government sold off some of these objects, it could clear the nation’s debt.
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I have two observations, this Labour government said they would honour the triple lock for the state pension, but they haven’t. They have manoeuvred a way to reduce the cost to the exchequer (of the triple lock) by removing the winter fuel allowance. In years to come they will find other ways to pretend to honour the triple lock. I do truly hate this LABOUR government and not just due to policies that affect me. Second observation, the prospect of this government scrapping the council tax discount for single person households is still alive despite suggestions weeks ago that the idea had been rejected by The Treasury. The proposal has not been explicitly rejected by government and local authorities continue to lobby in this regard. The winter fuel issue is small potato, £200, compared to the monetary impact (in the region of £600) on low income pensioners of scrapping this discount. I would be one of those affected. What has happened to the ideals and principles of socialism and, more broadly, what has happened to morality and decency and fair play?
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What indeed I am as shocked by this as you are
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I am more concerned about the £50,000 to £54,000 I was ROBBED OF BY THE TORIES just for being female and born in the 1950s. Up until I got my state pension last year I was living on £75 pw and Warm Homes Discount. All because we had MISOGYNISTIC Tory Governments, Nobody was concerned about us 1950s women.
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labour certainly aren’t. They may have been when in opposition.
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