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<blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2570299" data-attributes="member: 85785"><p>Yes, it is the old age government pension. To qualify for it you have to be 66.</p><p> You only get paid the one every four weeks, so there is thirteen, four week payments a year.</p><p>As in other countries, such as in Ireland [USER=461597]@PenguinMum[/USER] says, do get a double payment.</p><p>The UK pension is insufficient. It has dropped in real terms for well over a decade. Many who don't have other pensions can claim pension credits, but even that is derisory!I</p><p>We have so much poverty amongst pensioners. It's an absolute disgrace. Never mind the child poverty, fuel poverty absolute poverty inherently caused by Tory dogma.</p><p>Even working parents on basic money have to use food banks he charity to feed themselves and theme children.</p><p>The strikes the country is having is because of those front line workers not getting justifiable annual wage increases. Nurses wages have dropped 20% in a decade under the Tories. So much for our heroes of the pandemic!</p><p>My kids and partners all worked through the pandemic on the front lines. They have had to find other work bar a couple to be able to afford a family life. One is a nurse, one a teacher, two are in council work, one is a store manager, one in another shop, they cannot afford this government or its policies!</p><p></p><p>I know what poverty is like. It is a disgrace on all those politicians who have condemned millions into poverty.</p><p></p><p>Rant over</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lamont D, post: 2570299, member: 85785"] Yes, it is the old age government pension. To qualify for it you have to be 66. You only get paid the one every four weeks, so there is thirteen, four week payments a year. As in other countries, such as in Ireland [USER=461597]@PenguinMum[/USER] says, do get a double payment. The UK pension is insufficient. It has dropped in real terms for well over a decade. Many who don't have other pensions can claim pension credits, but even that is derisory!I We have so much poverty amongst pensioners. It's an absolute disgrace. Never mind the child poverty, fuel poverty absolute poverty inherently caused by Tory dogma. Even working parents on basic money have to use food banks he charity to feed themselves and theme children. The strikes the country is having is because of those front line workers not getting justifiable annual wage increases. Nurses wages have dropped 20% in a decade under the Tories. So much for our heroes of the pandemic! My kids and partners all worked through the pandemic on the front lines. They have had to find other work bar a couple to be able to afford a family life. One is a nurse, one a teacher, two are in council work, one is a store manager, one in another shop, they cannot afford this government or its policies! I know what poverty is like. It is a disgrace on all those politicians who have condemned millions into poverty. Rant over [/QUOTE]
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