More than £500 million of taxpayers’ money has been handed out to dead people in just five years because of a pension rule – and families do not have to give it back. In response to requests for an immediate systemic change, a government minister acknowledged the magnitude of incorrect payouts in previous years. TheContinue reading “Due To Pension Rule, DWP Pays £500 Million To Dead People”
Tag Archives: Pension Credit
Pensioners Should Be Taxed More: Rachel Reeves, Tax Tsar
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s new tax tsar previously called pensioners ‘codgers’ who had it ‘ridiculously good’. Sir Edward Troup, a former Tory Treasury special adviser, also said it was ‘ridiculous’ that pensioners received free TV licences and argued for them to be taxed more. His remarks became public earlier this month following his appointment byContinue reading “Pensioners Should Be Taxed More: Rachel Reeves, Tax Tsar”
PARLIAMENT AND STATE PENSION
The British State Pension is far too low, we all know that. It needs to increase and be put back to anyone aged 60. If the Government put pensions up to £380 a week, it should lift thousands out of deprivation and give our senior folk more spending power and help boost the economy. However,Continue reading “PARLIAMENT AND STATE PENSION”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 