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Nic Millar

2 years

THE UK STATE PENSION - A THREAD You must have known this was on its way .... and here it is! Please spare a second to retweet and add any comments 🙏 1/6

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3 months

I wonder what pensioners would actually be happy with. It's clearly not enough that they bought their houses for £20k, had a free education, have a triple locked state pension and could have higher tax allowances than younger people because "we worked hard and deserve it."

YouGov

@YouGov

3 months

The Conservatives are trying to woo the older vote with their pension proposals - but 54% of over-65s say Tory plans don't go far enough All Britons on Tory plans to help pensioners Go too far: 12% Don't go far enough: 36% Are about right: 21% Over-65s Go too far: 4% Don't go

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@NJM71

3 months

"Paid your dues". Final salary pensions from 50, a much lower tax burden than younger people, property values skyrocketed, stop paying NI from state pension age - now over 65s shouldn't pay tax at all? Selfish and entitled nonsense.

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Do you agree with this?

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5 months

@JoanneB10178842 The state pension has been classed as a benefit since 1946. If there is any resentment, it's possibly because so many pensioners don't understand their pensions are funded by today's workers. Too many think they've actually paid for their own state pension.

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@NJM71

5 years

BBC adaptation of #WarOfTheWorlds 9pm tonight. One of THE best concept albums ever, amazing art work too. Justin Hayward, Phil Lynott and of course, Richard Burton. Released in 1978!!

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@NJM71

6 months

A HEAD TEACHER. Jesus wept, out of all people you would expect a teacher to keep up with current affairs, read a newspaper, listen to/watch news bulletins. Sorry but I just don't believe some of these women didn't know about the state pension age rise #WASPI

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

6 months

"I have actually suffered two delays, with no notice" WASPI campaigner Frances Neil tells #newsnight she did not receive any notice to changes in the state pension age that impacted her retirement plans.

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

I lasted 42 seconds and had to give up. WASPI women's state pension was not "delayed", state pension age changed. Nobody "lost" £42,000 - it was never theirs in the first place. Thank God the PHSO agrees 3.5 million women don't deserve compensation. It's beyond ridiculous.

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@juneslater17

6 months

The debate on @GBNEWS re delayed women's state pension ..maybe have someone who understands what actually happened!

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@NJM71

5 months

I'm sick of hearing MPs talk about WASPI women who "lost up to 6 years of pension". Nobody "lost" anything, the law to increase state pension age from 60 was passed almost 30 years ago. WASPI women just never checked their SPa. Younger people with higher SPAs have "lost" more.

Maggie Chapman MSP

@MaggieChapman

5 months

The @ScottishGreens and I will continue to stand with the @WASPI_Campaign and @ScottishWaspi women in their call for fair and fast compensation. I'm glad the Scottish government will also use its voice to push for justice. Read here why it's so important:

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

The Grey vote kicking off because today's budget cut NI for workers - even though pensioners stop paying NI at state pension age and their triple-locked state pension will increase by almost 20% in two years. Working-age people need support too, it's not all about *you*.

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@TomSyvret

6 months

Even taxing some state pensions. Clueless.

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4 months

Correction: WASPI women are fighting for themselves only. Their daughters (with higher state pension ages) will be footing the bill.

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@HumzaYousaf

4 months

The @WASPI_Campaign women will always have my unwavering support and admiration. The WASPI women are not just fighting for themselves, but for my daughters too. It would be a complete betrayal if Labour and the Tories fail to deliver the compensation WASPI women deserve.

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@NJM71

6 months

Quite wrong. If 1950s born women have "lost out" on £50,000 (a made-up figure), by how much have younger people lost out? They have much higher state pension ages than any 1950s woman and without the public sector DB pension to bridge the gap from 60. WASPI is all about greed.

Catherine Pepinster

@CPsPepTalk

6 months

The woman being interviewed on @BBCr4today about women losing out on state pensions because of moving pension age from 60 is quite right: I estimate I will have lost out on £50,000. #Waspi #justiceforwomen

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@NJM71

6 months

NOTHING WAS STOLEN. Another impoverished WASPI - she had to continue working past age 60 like millions of men always had to, and she had private pension savings to bridge the gap. Able-bodied, not living in poverty. These women should not be "compensated"

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

This is an excellent piece on WASPI. The conclusions are spot on. 1. £10b cost is huge 2. No right exists, in law, to compo 3. Personal responsibility to plan. SPA rises not a secret 4. Compo will go to women aware of the changes 5. Wider context of intergenerational fairness.

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@AndrewGibsonMBA

6 months

Sensible and fair conclusions from Mr Gauke… David Gauke: The Government is right to refuse to pay compensation to the WASPI women

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@NJM71

4 years

Size 10 is trending because apparently it's plus size. I have size 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 clothes in my wardrobe because retailers sizing varies so much, and I go from size 8 to 12 depending on the month! I'm a size 12 now, do I feel sad about that, or the label in my clothes: 👇

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@NJM71

6 months

I genuinely don't understand why intelligent people can't see why the WASPI demands are unreasonable. I think a lot of people have fallen hook, line and sinker for the WASPI tales of woe but not actually looked any deeper.

David__Osland

@David__Osland

6 months

Six months ago, the Tories doubled compensation for MPs who lose their seats to £17,300, whether they stand for re-election or not. Is £3000 for Waspi women really that unreasonable?

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@NJM71

6 months

The media coverage on WASPI is excruciatingly painful. WASPI shouldn't be grouped with post masters and contaminated blood victims. It's a small group of well-off women whining because they made important financial decisions WITHOUT CHECKING THEIR OWN STATE PENSION AGE.

GB News

@GBNEWS

6 months

'I just don't have much sympathy for women who could retire at 60 to a very handsome pension, these people had a fantastic deal in life.' @BenjaminButter clashes with @BenLeo444 over whether the WASPI women deserve compensation.

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

I've yet to read the full report but I laughed out reading this thread. The woman who retired at 47 and now wants compensation is just one example of why compensating all 1950s born women would be wholly wrong and unfair to the taxpayers paying for it. 47. Jesus wept.

John Roberts

@john_actuary

6 months

I've already highlighted one particularly egregious WASPI case put forward to the Ombudsman, but there are a few more worthy of comment. Step forward Ms U who made the "irrevocable" decision to retire in 2006 (not apparently of ill health) at the grand old age of, er, 47.... 1/

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@NJM71

6 months

"I bought two properties, intending to use my state pension to cover costs from age 60, but I didn't check my state pension age was 60 before I bought them". #WASPI

John Roberts

@john_actuary

6 months

Spare a thought for Mrs R (not that Mrs R!) who bought a second retirement home, and then also a flat, which has now depreciated. Her state pension was going to cover the running costs of these additional properties... 4/

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

5 months

One for the pensioners on here who don't see why the "we paid for previous generations" argument doesn't hold any weight. *You* paid less to fewer pensioners. I'm glad you're living longer but please appreciate the difference in ££ and younger people's higher state pension ages.

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I used to scoff at the notion the state pension would ever be doubt for future generations; now, I'm not so sure. Show me a bigger crisis facing this country than the demographic time bomb and its economic consequences...

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

5 months

These stupid state pension memes still go viral. See if this will: The state pension has always been welfare - how else would the first pensioners have received it? The law clearly states it's a contributory benefit based on "qualifying years", earned via NICs or NI Credits.

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@bagshaw2112

5 months

So true #pension

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2 years

One of the (many) stomach churning things about watching Netflix's Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story is remembering that he died before all the sh!t came out about him, and he went to his grave knowing he'd got away with everything. It really is a horror show. #JimmySavile

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@NJM71

6 months

😳 A WASPI former Presiding Officer of Scottish Parliament claiming no knowledge of changes to primary legislation, doesn't understand how the UK state pension system works, and asking for £££. I'm guessing she is far from in need of taxpayers' money.

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@TriciaMarwick

6 months

When I started work at 16 I expected my pension when I was 60. I paid for it every pay day. Never happened. It was delayed and delayed again. 50s women are owed our own money. Don’t make excuses. Politics is about priorities. Give us what we are owed & what we paid for. #WASPI

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@NJM71

5 years

All single women after watching #AFallFromGrace on Netflix ... 💍👈❌

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

Good article here. "The culture of entitlement around the state pension will have to stop sooner or later - and paying the WASPIs compensation will only fuel the myth further".

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@NJM71

6 months

WASPI woman took early retirement at 55 with a DB pension, 14 years AFTER law increased state pension age from 60-65, but didn't check her state pension age. The barefaced cheek of some of these women wanting compensation for not taking personal responsibility is incredible.

chrometrane

@chrometrane

6 months

Good example how WASPI women were cheated.

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@NJM71

6 months

If WASPI had focused on the women living in abject poverty, it might have gotten somewhere. Instead, wealthy women are included in those seeking compensation for "nobody telling them" their state pension age had changed. UNISON surely would have notified its members?

Josie Irwin

@josieirwin

6 months

A whole generation of women have been badly let down by successive governments, instead of enjoying retirement, many are in abject poverty. Unacceptable. The Government must compensate them without delay.

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@NJM71

6 months

Possibly the most unbelievable WASPI headline in the entire history of unbelievable WASPI headlines.

Jerry Hicks

@JerryHicksUnite

6 months

EXCLUSIVE: #WaspiWomen #WASPI Over 100 WASPI women 'have died in 24 hours since bombshell report' while Rishi Sunak & the Tories do nothing

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@NJM71

2 years

@FlpLtd @SoVeryBritish Manchester saunters in wearing its best pair of Adidas, nods at all the guests "alright?", checks out the bar and heads over to the DJ to scan the playlist.

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@NJM71

2 months

@BBCBreakfast There are far more important issues to deal with. Taxpayers shouldn't be funding compensation for a small group of women who didn't bother checking their own state pension age after it changed in 1995. No idea why WASPI is still news.

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@NJM71

4 years

Happy Easter! 🐰🍫🍬🌻🌻 #LockdownEaster #Easter

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@NJM71

5 months

When people argue to keep the triple lock by saying "young people will be old one day." Yes, we will - with a state pension age of 80 because we're paying triple-locked pensions to well-off pensioners, instead of targeting welfare £££ on lifting the poorest out of poverty.

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@NJM71

2 years

@TimesRadio @jo_crawford Always good to hear a boomer preach about what young people should do when her first house probably cost £15k. As for German taxes - UK pensioners pay 0% National Insurance after State Pension Age, German pensioners still pay NI equivalent. More in = more out.

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@NJM71

6 months

I predict the WASPI "pensions fiasco" will cost the taxpayer exactly £0. Maybe the women with 30+ years DB pension could help the others out, or maybe some could sell one of their multiple properties.

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@ThairShaikh

6 months

Tomorrow's @independent front page. To subscribe to the Daily Edition

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@NJM71

5 months

The low level of education about the state pension is a widespread problem. Search for "state pension" on here and you'll see how many people don't understand they haven't paid for their state pension, why it's a good thing that it's a benefit and why NI Credits are important.

LBC

@LBC

5 months

'Are you someone that counts every penny?' 'No - I'm not Mother Teresa, Tom.' Discussing the 8.5% state pension rise with @TomSwarbrick1 , caller Donna, who resides in Kensington, is adamant she 'deserves' all her money because 'she earned it'.

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@NJM71

4 years

@aja_curtis @HarrietClugston Right? A new strain has been broadcast on national TV, it spreads at a faster rate than the original virus, but it's "right" to jump on a train and risk infecting 000s of people? Get a bloody grip.

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

@Brexit_Mistake This is absolute nonsense. The state pension has been classed as a benefit for almost 80 years, it's not a recent change. If it wasn't a benefit, people who can't work would get nothing. It's time everybody got over the word benefit and educated themselves on WHY it's a benefit.

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

@BBCNewsnight She has a Teachers pension. A public sector, index-linked, final salary pension. Hardly the WASPI women "living in poverty" that we've been hearing about. If a head teacher can't take personal responsibility for her own retirement planning, there's no hope.

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@NJM71

5 months

Retweeting this because the WASPI woman with three properties, two bought with cash, who wants compensation for not checking her state pension age before making such huge financial decisions, will never not be a head shaker.

John Roberts

@john_actuary

6 months

Spare a thought for Mrs R (not that Mrs R!) who bought a second retirement home, and then also a flat, which has now depreciated. Her state pension was going to cover the running costs of these additional properties... 4/

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@NJM71

3 months

@exRAF_Al Yawn. It's baffling how some older people, especially boomers, think they deserve respect simply for being older while at the same time, they display zero respect for younger people.

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@NJM71

6 months

I know the feeling. If I see one more post saying the state pension is not a benefit, I'll scream too. It's been classed as a benefit since 1946 - people who don't pay NI can qualify for it. Today's NI/tax funds today's state pension. It's always worked this way.

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@NJM71

5 months

Good article here. David Willetts: "The state pension triple lock has solved the problem it was created to address, and now has to go." The trade-off in increasing state pension age to 68, sooner than planned, is wholly unfair to younger people.

David Willetts: The Triple Lock has solved the problem it was created to address, and now has to go...

We will be told that Conservatives want other groups to bear the brunt of cuts in public spending whilst protecting Tory voters. It is hard both to be an advocate of a small state and of the Triple...

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Nic Millar

@NJM71

6 months

I'm starting a campaign - people attend a mandatory course on "What is the state pension?" before they can claim it. Nonsense like this has to stop. It's a good thing that it's classed as a benefit, millions of people would get £0 if it wasn't. Carers, disabled, sick, etc.

Brexit is a terrible mistake

@Brexit_Mistake

6 months

A state pension is a group savings scheme that people have been paying into all of their working life. - it is not a government hand-out; the people 'own' this money - it is not a social welfare benefit either - it cannot be scrapped without repaying all gross premiums + interest

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@NJM71

3 months

The social contract is broken. Pensioners should be cared for, we all agree with that but not at the expense of younger people's futures. The state pension triple lock "plus" is outrageous - it will do nothing to protect poorer pensioners & gives even more to well-off pensioners.

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@Victoria_Spratt

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The social contract is the notion that people abide by certain rules in return for the state’s care. Asking 18 year olds to “give back” when affordable homes and free higher education has been taken from them breaks that contract. My newsletter @theipaper

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@NJM71

5 months

It's not confirmed but "State pension age may rise to 68 sooner to pay for the triple lock." It's definitely a good news week for pensioners who, yes, are entitled to their state pension but on top of WASPI wanting billions as well, it's all a bit *meh* for younger people.

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@channel_tsc

5 months

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #i State pension age may rise to 68 sooner to pay for triple lock Check out for a full range of newspapers. Don't forget to support journalism #journorequest #newspaper #buyapaper #news #buyanewspaper

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@NJM71

6 months

I love these random comparisons between the UK state pension and other countries. No context, no details about the country the UK flat rate benefit is being compared to, nothing. Apples and pears doesn't even come close but people believe what they read and that's that 🇬🇧

David__Osland

@David__Osland

6 months

Switzerland pays pensioner couples £44,000 a year and a referendum has just voted to give them an annual '13th month' bonus. But here in Britain, we're told the lowest pensions in western Europe are 'unsustainable'.

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@NJM71

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I've been waiting a LONG time to see pensions on prime time TV & I liked tonight's @MartinSLewis show a lot. Not too much jargon, simple but informative enough to keep people interested (not switching off). I hope there are more shows like this - we really need them 📺👀

Martin Lewis

@MartinSLewis

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@cjacko_2011 I have 23mins to do this show inc Q&A with experts. The key is to explain the concepts so people (as ull hear constantly) know how it should work, and go and get further info. Please don't try and rip it apart. You have no clue how hard it is to get pensions on prime time TV

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@NJM71

6 months

So far then: WASPI head teacher with a final salary pension, WASPI who retired at 55 with 30+ years final salary pension, WASPI with two properties, all the others complaining about being contracted-out via an occupational pension scheme .. "Living in poverty"? Give over.

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@NJM71

6 months

Child poverty stats from the DWP. Horrific. As much as I don't support WASPI and feel nauseated reading about women with DB pensions wanting more cash, there are around 2m pensioners living in poverty. So, my suggestion - forget WASPI and focus on poverty across all age groups.

Sam Freedman

@Samfr

6 months

Today's poverty stats from the DWP are horrendous. 4.3 million children in relative poverty - the highest ever 3.6 million children in absolute poverty - up 300k 2.2 million children living in "food insecure" households 820k children living in households that use foodbanks

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@NJM71

5 months

Can't disagree with this. Pensioners, as a group, are more likely to use the NHS and 20% of national insurance is allocated to the NHS. It makes sense for pensioners to at least pay *something* after state pension age, instead of benefiting from a hefty tax cut of paying 0% NI.

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@exRAF_Al

5 months

Labour’s new tax adviser (on a defined benefit pension no doubt) describes pensioners as ‘codgers’ who should be hit hard with taxes. Who remembers Gordon Brown giving pensioners a 41p a week rise? What is it with some lefties that they hate the old?

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@NJM71

6 months

All the likes, retweets and views on this post breaks my heart. I get that some people don't understand how the state pension works but considering they all have access to the internet, and could spend just 5 minutes researching SP, there's no excuse for this level of ignorance.

Brexit is a terrible mistake

@Brexit_Mistake

6 months

A state pension is a group savings scheme that people have been paying into all of their working life. - it is not a government hand-out; the people 'own' this money - it is not a social welfare benefit either - it cannot be scrapped without repaying all gross premiums + interest

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@NJM71

5 years

@paullewismoney Delete "in the workplace".

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@NJM71

3 years

@JerryHicksUnite State Pension is a contributory benefit and has been for over 70 years.

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@NJM71

6 months

I don't know where the full recording is but here's the UNISON Head of Equality *arguing against equality*. 1950s women aren't the only people to have worked all their lives. All the pandering to well-off WASPI women needs to stop - support should be based on need, not greed.

UNISON - UK's largest union

@unisontheunion

6 months

‘Look at the moral obligation the government must have to these women who have worked all of their adult lives, many of them’ UNISON head of equality Josie Irwin talks to @TomSwarbrick1 on @LBC about #WaspiWomen and pensions compensation

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6 months

"Not one mention of pensioners". The reaction to yesterday's Budget has not been surprising - a lot of older people completely aghast that pensioners haven't been awarded preferential tax cuts, and will continue to be subject to the same personal allowances as workers. Shocking.

Ros Altmann

@rosaltmann

6 months

My comment on #Budget2024 and #pensioners Not one mention of pensioners, who are inching close to a tax trap

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@NJM71

6 months

Seeing all the backlash against WASPI getting compensation is an excellent start to the weekend and ten days annual leave for me. Targeted support for all ages, including 1950s born women, definitely YES. Blanket compensation for "not knowing", definitely NO.

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@NJM71

2 years

@NatashaC Of course - increase state pension age beyond 67 for younger people while at the same time, protect the state pension triple lock (adding over £10 billion to the benefits bill). The very same bill that's paid for by those younger people with higher state pension ages.

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@NJM71

6 months

A change in state pension age/law does not equal maladministration = no compensation. Expectations have been poorly managed by WASPI and BackTo60 campaigns from day one.

John Roberts

@john_actuary

6 months

That's made clear here, losses due to the change in law are not due to maladministration, and no remedy is recommended. 2/

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2 years

I wish this would sink in. National Insurance is a tax - it's not a pension contribution, there is no fund, it's not saved or invested and it certainly doesn't pay for *your* state pension (which is a benefit payment paid from current NI/tax receipts).

💔🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 Suzy Albright #FBPE #SlavaUkraini

@omega469

2 years

@JuliaCoombs8 @dernabod @Frances_Coppola @nowobbles @froginell @NJM71 @SerinaSandhu1 @WASPI_Campaign @theipaper Nobody's NICs pay for their own state pension. 20% of NICs go straight to the NHS, the rest pays the state pensions of existing pensioners as well as some smaller benefits such as contribution-based JSA/ESA and Maternity Allowance. Not one penny is saved up for your own use.

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1. My lovely dad died at 12.15 this morning. This is him 💔 the reason for posting is to acknowledge the love & support I've had from people I've connected with on Twitter. I'm not one for posting personal stuff on social media but I'm genuinely moved by the messages I've had.

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@aja_curtis @HarrietClugston The Britain I know and love has a social conscience & doesn't knowingly put their loved-ones at risk. What is it about this virus that you don't understand - do you think it's taking a break over the holiday period? It's better to not visit *now* & be able to see them next year.

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@hannahbmkup @tominaomi_ She'll be off with the first new man she sees!

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5 months

@SkyNews @lisanandy @KayBurley "Worked hard all your life and paid in". The state pension isn't paid only to people who have worked hard all their life and nobody "pays in" to anything. Why do so many of the people opining on the state pension seem to be unaware of how the UK system works?

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3 years

@ainsworth_mae She seemed really lovely. Hugo 😡

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3 years

Bat Out Of Hell: one of the best albums ever created #RIPMeatloaf

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@NJM71

2 years

🥱 all women under age 45 had their state pension age increased from 60 to 65, in 1995. That's almost 30 years ago. I'm yet to see any justification as to why women born in the 1950s should be compensated.

Cllr Jane Slater

@StretfordJane

2 years

This is the reality for many @WASPI_Campaign women. No one seems to care anymore about #TheGreatPensionRobbery and the EVER increasing pension age #EnoughlsEnough and give women the choice if they want #BackTo60 … and what have the Tories done with that stolen money??

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@NJM71

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The reason pensioners are paying more tax is because *drum roll* they have more money and assets than non-pensioners. And that's set to increase with the state pension triple lock *plus*. Trying to suggest pensioners are unfairly treated by any political party is laughable.

Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge

@SkyPoliticsHub

3 months

“The reason why pensioners are paying more tax is because of the way the Tories have handled the economy.” Shadow transport sec @LouHaigh says it's an "aspiration" to cut taxes, but won't make "any commitments that aren't funded". #PolHub

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@NJM71

4 years

@aja_curtis @HarrietClugston But hey, you carry on congratulating people for spreading infections across a wider area and giving zero thought or consideration to the rest of us.

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@NJM71

8 months

The best thing (so far) about #FoolMeOnce is Michelle Keegan's Manc accent. I'm so used to watching American/overseas TV shows that hearing her call the bro-in-law a "dick", was strangely comforting.

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@NJM71

3 months

Gets almost £4k more in state pension by deferring for 3 years, will pay a smidge in tax but thinks it should be tax-free because she's "worked for it". I have no idea why pensioners think they should have higher tax allowances than the workers paying the £110 billion SP bill.

Tom McPhail

@PensionsMonkey

3 months

The five state pension traps to watch out for

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@NJM71

2 years

An Audience With Billy Connolly 1985 (I think) is one of the best stand-up performances you'll ever see. I've lost count of how many times I've watched this 📺

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@NJM71

5 months

Some of the comments on this thread. Jesus wept. 1. The state pension is a benefit because thankfully, it's not only paid to people who paid NI from salary. 2. The DWP obviously doesn't know everybody's bank details. 3. SP can be deferred - hence, you need to claim it.

Liz Kershaw

@LizKershawDJ

5 months

Today I got a letter inviting me to CLAIM my State Pension from July when I turn 66 Why do I need to claim it/beg for it ? Payment should be automatic. I've paid into it for 46 years since 1st job in 1978. But it says "You will not get any State Pension unless you claim it".

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@NJM71

3 years

Good to see #DoNotComply is trending. Looking forward to Christmas being *cancelled* because the minority refuse to think of anybody but themselves. It's a piece of fabric, not an ankle bracelet FFS #COVIDIOTS

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@NJM71

9 months

Curious that people are more outraged about state pension being a benefit than at the powers granted under the new Bill if it passes. State pension is a benefit. It's also an entitlement ... but ... shouldn't the outrage be about the govt being able to monitor bank accounts? 🏦

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@NJM71

2 years

@CatherineMcKer The state pension is and always has been, a benefit. You can check it easily enough on Google. People really need to get over the word benefit.

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@NJM71

2 years

@sophielouisecc There is nothing wrong with the word benefit and nothing wrong with claiming a benefit you're entitled to, such as the state pension. Furthermore, benefit claimants deserve better than to be made to feel inferior by the "morally superior" gang. Learn that.

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@NJM71

3 years

Let's try this: share if you agree that State Pension IS a (contributory) benefit* *waits for the 000s of likes and retweets

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@NJM71

5 months

"How is it fair that pensioners pay the same taxes as working people?" It's fair. Also, 13 million pensioners aren't struggling, stop using those who are to justify the state pension triple lock for all 13 million.

Darren Grimes

@darrengrimes_

5 months

Years of increases to the state pension mean that about 8.5 million people over 65 now pay income tax. How can it be right that we fleece our struggling elderly, who have worked all of their lives?

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@NJM71

6 months

@dontdelay It's the "nobody told me" line that's always got me about WASPI. As a woman, I resent the implication that women have to be "told" something that directly affects them, especially something so important. And yes, she should be embarrassed.

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@NJM71

6 years

Bloke in a BMW purposely swerved into a huge puddle to spray the woman in front of me and went right into a pothole. He's currently fuming on the roadside, on his phone to (I'm assuming) the RAC. Moral of the story - don't be a prick #advice

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@NJM71

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@NJM71

2 months

@FlowersEnglish The state pension has been classed as a benefit since 1946. You don't pay towards state pension, you either pay tax (NI) from salary or claim NI Credits (childcare, disability, caring, etc) which earn qualifying years on your NI Record. Those count towards state pension.

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@NJM71

3 years

Half a century old today 😃 #birthdaycelebration

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@NJM71

6 months

@D_Blanchflower Of course it does - because younger people are the ones paying for it while you sit back and enjoy your triple-locked, trebled state pension. Excellent.

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@NJM71

5 months

I've noticed all the things older people want, taxpayers would have to pay for? State pension should increase, triple lock should stay, overseas pensioners should get increases to state pension, WASPI demanding billions, pensioners shouldn't be taxed the same as workers ..

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@NJM71

3 months

So messed up. Pensioners paying tax isn't an "issue" to be resolved - if thresholds are too low for pensioners on state pension only, they're too low for non-pensioners. Pensioners should be protected, but not at the expense of the 12+ million poor working-age adults & children.

Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@Haggis_UK

3 months

#TrevorPhillips : You're going to make sure no pensioner pays tax.. is that morally right.. when a child is twice as lightly to be in poverty than a pensioner Mel Stride: We've reduced child poverty by 100k TP: Your favouring well off families.. when you're capping child benefit

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4 years

The only surviving headgear on the Lancashire coalfield. Local to me, it always makes me stop and stare when I look at the skyline on my local walks. Amazing photo by Gary Clee 📸 #astleygreencolliery @AstleyColliery @mining_museum

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@NJM71

6 months

@dontdelay It really is mindblowing that somebody EXPECTS compensation, paid for by younger taxpayers, when she's not had to work since 2006. That's 18 years ago !!! It's a self-absorbed, selfish sense of entitlement on a huge scale. Unfortunately, it's rife amongst WASPI women.

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@NJM71

3 months

@Rachel_Haith The state pension has been classed as a benefit since 1946. It's not a new development. What today's pensioners paid in NI wouldn't come close to covering the £110 billion state pension bill that today's workers are footing.

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@NJM71

6 months

State pension needs trebling. It's fine, younger people with no hope of owning a property for £15k can pay for it. Entitled, much.

Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman

@D_Blanchflower

6 months

I draw a pension in the uk after all the years I lived and worked there. The payment is derisory and needs trebling

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@NJM71

1 year

Said goodbye to dad today. The sun was shining, the service was perfect and so many people turned up to say farewell. Rounded off the day with a long walk over the fields to catch the sunset. One of the strangest (but somehow, still nice) days I've experienced.

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@NJM71

5 months

Just imagine if WASPI had done petitions over the last 8, 9 years to help those in hardship/on low income, instead of selfishly asking for billions to compensate all 1950s born, incl. the well-off & women who were aware of the state pension age change in 1995. Just imagine ....

Alison Powell

@AlisonPowe26209

5 months

Approaching 200,000 signatures now, let's keep this going @WASPI_Campaign #50sWomenFullRestitution #50sWomen

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@NJM71

2 months

Telling the Chancellor of the Exchequer to "do your homework" because the state pension is not a benefit when in fact, the state pension has been classed as a benefit, in law, since 1946 🤡 #fail

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@NJM71

5 months

People do deserve their state pension but it's not something they've paid for. It would be nice if more pensioners appreciated the fact that today's workers fund over £100 billion a year in state pensions, compared to the much lower amount they were funding when working.

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@NJM71

5 years

Keswick sunset 😍 #lakedistrict

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@NJM71

5 months

@Himself132 @JoanneB10178842 You're welcome. It seems many on here don't understand at all.

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@NJM71

2 years

The state pension is a benefit. It's paid to anybody with min. 10 "qualifying years" on their NI Record (earned by paying NI or receiving HRP/NI Credits). Including 12.5m pensioners in "benefit claimants" is not calling them "freeloaders", it's a simple fact. Let's move on ..

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@NJM71

5 years

Tomorrow is my 30th anniversary of working in pensions. 30 years. 30. Three zero 🤓 #pensions #Anniversary

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@NJM71

6 months

The definition of "poverty" for WASPI women is clearly very different to everybody else's.

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@NJM71

2 months

This article from The Express about the state pension is horrendous. If state pension was based on "NI contributions", what happens to the people who don't pay NI but claim credits? Does anybody really think NICs would buy a pension of £12k a year? 🫣

Sorry, but you’re not entitled to the state pension. You’ll get what Labour says

Deep down, most of us think the state pension is ours by right. And why wouldn't we? Most of us have paid into it for decades. Unfortunately, I've got some bad news.

www.express.co.uk

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