No 10 policy chief says situation of pensioners having more money than workers 'can't go on'.
The way these guys and the media twist facts to suit the purpose gets on my bits. Apparently after such things as housing costs, commuting, buying work clothes and the like, pensioners are said to typically have more disposable income than those in work.
Utter tosh. There are a good few pensioners swanning around on grand final salary schemes which they funded with contributions, living in homes where they have paid off the 25 year mortgage. They have worked for it and paid for it - good luck to them.
There are a darned sight more pensioners getting by on £150 per week or considerably less.
It seems to me a policy of divide and rule is in place - let's bash GPs because of the shortage caused by successive governments having screwed up the recruitment process / working conditions. Let's bash pensioners so that the mood is set to get public support for cutting back their pension entitlements.
Where is the mention that women born in the mid-fifties have been robbed of around £50,000 pension payments by raising the entitlement age from 60 to 66/67/68. Talk about breaking contracts - they'd never let a private company get away with it.
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