Technically, it's the last day to apply for pension credit in order to qualify for WFA. As for the questionnaire, there are helplines and I would also suspect most pensioners will have family that can help out. Also, your post seems to imply that pensioners are all incapable of filling in a questionnaire.
No, you didn't specifically state all pensioners but the impression I got from your comment was that you thought the length of the form (rather than the questions asked) was, possibly too onerous.
Wow - that's all I can say really!*
Whilst you centrists argue against yourselves I see the appointment of Mandy, the absolute moron, as US Ambassador is going down well with Trump's campaign.
Mandelson was the ideal candidate to lead the renegotiations with the EU and absolutely the last person to make US ambassador. This decision would be astonishing if it wasn’t so inevitable from Starmer. I thought David Milliband was being mooted for this role?
Interesting take! You'd like a grant, but don't want to provide personal information to justify receiving it? I think that basically it's a choice here - either you provide the state with information that they probably already have anyway, or you don't receive government funding to help. I think that most of us have been in that situation at some point whether it be student grants, the dole, housing benefit, loans, pensions, tax returns and so on. Not many would choose to opt out - but that's up to each individual.
Xmas ….see you next year (maybe lol)It's going to be an awfully long time before we reach the position where pensioners don't need handouts. Do you think there will ever be a time when pensioners have so much other income that they don't need a state pension?