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Sigh. OK Boomer.

Much bigger injustices in the current system than the WFA. Why do we have to start with the generation that have had all the benefits of the past 40 years?

I'm 56 . And often get lumped in with the boomer generation. I don't have an issue with the Boomer generation. I have a massive problem with the fact that this issue is allowed to dominate the political discourse of this country. It is one of the least critical economic injustices of the...

I have no direct expewrience with this, but for this particular case, shouldn't the Universal credit system provide the data points necessary? I doubt it's perfect, but probably far better than the NHS example.

Jesus... Sure lets start at a level 40% higher than teh average salary for the country. That's fair.. Age old problem "The country is in trouble, why aren't the government doing something" "No, not that!, something else, that doesn't cost me anything"

There is a reason why the young generation came up with the meme "OK boomer!. And this is it in a nutshell. More noise about losing £200 a year for pensioners who may or may not need it, creates a far bigger political storm than the state of the NHS/Education/ the costs of student...

Quite a lot about our tax/benefit system/Economy isn't fair though is it? Not sure why this needs to be a priority for the government to come up with a new system to establish fairness. Being applicable for Pension credit, is a means-test for pensioners, based on their income and savings...

Yep and I bet they would opt for an existing piece of logic that provides a decent benchmark. Like the Government are proposing........

Why higher tax level? That seems unnecessarily high. I assume you mean the 40% tax bracket not 45% Even then - that's still a significant income. particularly for couples, who could earn £100k and still get the payment

Yep - the "should be easy" fallacy is an interesting thing. I'm sure the data is available, but analysing the data and understanding how to implement a new level of means-testing. Will be an expensive change in any system. Establishing how many people are going to die as a direct...

But she gets a free-ride in the culpability for this "unholy mess", because she was clearly not up to the job?

This is just playing politics though isn't it. If you are going to take a 2017 Labour report as gospel, then we should also acknowledge that the same group alleged that Tory Austerity was responsible for 120,000 excess deaths too? I seem to recall that Austerity was also seen as a necessary...

The Tories were already considering making this change. I find it interesting that a certain demographic are irate about this, but didn't get so apoplectic about Starmer's refusal to reverse the child benefit cap on 2 children. Many of us "hypocrites" also accepted that was a necessary...

I suspect there isn't a means test that can be managed without eating in to the savings made. If you don't qualify for additional benefit above the state pension, then you are perceived to have enough income. It's as good a marker as any.

Unholy mess?? Really? I bet you couldn't believe the shambles of the Truss mini-Budget.

It's ridiculous that this measure has dominated the news coverage. The boomer generation continue to have a disproportionate influence on political discourse..

Yes I suspect that to be the case too. At least that is cetainly the intent. However the truth is, it is always far easier to add a couple of percentage points on the PAYE tax rate than it is to get the super wealthy to cough up. The triple lock, will possibly come under scrutiny, sooner or later.

It has nothing to do with political eptitude. and everything to do with the reality of the UK's economy. There is going to be far worse than this. The reality is that anyone without the ability to pay for their winter fuel, will still qualify for the payment. Which is what it was intended for...

Whilst Rice's second yellow, was widely described as "One of the worst ever refereeing decisions". it wouldn't even register in the top 100 worst decisions against us from the past 8 seasons.

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