How many current pensioners realise this Government are going to introduce a two...

[Rob Roy]

...tier pension system ? In a few years thanks to this government all current pensioners still alive will fall behind new pensioners by a considerable amount. It's not enough their meddling with pension evaluations between RPI and CPI will ensure that people on pensions get the dirty end of the stick again. It seems from the lack of protest by those effected and the opposition parties the Tories are going to get away with it.
Trevor your nit picking. The Coalition has a majority of Tory M.P.'s and I haven't heard any protests from the Liberals about it so far.
Ford Prefect that is the silliest comment I've seen on Y/A since yesterday.
Your argument doesn't hold much water because many current pensioners have worked since they were fifteen unlike those to come who well may only have started working at eighteen.That's swings and roundabouts. In addition some private companies are taking advantage of the difference between CPI and RPI and are proposing adjusting their pension to the lesser increase.
alamolic.........cynical but quite true. I don't know if it still exists but there was an organisation in the US called I believe 'Grey Power' which represented pensioners and kept their politicians on their toes. To the best of my knowledge there is nothing similar here. No political party has had the wit to openly ensure fair treatment for pensioners and thus get their vote,having taken their money for some 45 years they now couldn't care less.
Kernow Lady, yes you know and I know but how many others of our generation do know. Speaking to many of my contemporaries they don't seem bothered because it's something in the future.It's a stupid idea for short term gain (as usual) after all what do the likes of Cameron,Milliband etc know about ordinary pensioners ? They have ensured they'll never go short.

 

[Trevor h]

The current Government isn't Tory - its a COALITION!!!!!!

 

[alamolicious]

I think that probably a lot of them do but have just given up. When they are talking about it some tell others to contact Age concern and they will help them sort it out but they don't as they know Age concern will do nothing for them unless they are on at least a 30,000 quid a year pension.

Truth is that most pensioners feel that they have NO representation and have been brow beaten and not listened to for so many decades without representation as taxpayers they feel it is useless to even complain. Most believe and know that the lot in life our politicians have left them is that one day they might well be able to sit in their homes and either starve or freeze to death and only that if they are lucky. Many know that their homes will be sold out from under them so they can be put in government privatised care homes so the politicians and their cronies can enjoy the money and assets these people built up over a lifetime to feed the same politicians and their cronies lifestyles.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Shouldn't have enjoyed killing germans then should they?

 

[Kernow Lady]

We do know and I will be one of them. I have worked for 48 years and will get less pension than someone who has worked for 30.
I started full time work at 15 and am still going at 64.