£25 a week extra on my state pension

[DXP55]

Only Kidding.

I wish it was.

Just had a letter from pensions saying that now I am 80 I am entitled to an extra 25p a week.
When I was 18 that would buy a pack of three. Now i would be ashamed to put it in a charity box.

What a waste of resources.

 

[Orangeade]

£25 or 25p

Not that it makes a difference, but at least first could buy a couple lottery tickets?

 

[~Mike~]

My Dad also got the extra 25p this year, really don't know why they still do it, bit on an insult.

 

[sidimmu]

25p to £25 is a massive difference though.
One will barely get you a carrier bag out of Tesco's.
The other is basically a takeaway meal.

extra 25p a week is an extra £12 a year?
I mean whats the point.

 

[Hades]

Woohoo, £13 per year. Put it all on red!

 

[throwaway4372]

Don't spend it all at once.

 

[glenimp617]

It's a joke, but things will get worse so enjoy these times (as bad as they are)

 

[EvilRob]

+8.5% from April thanks to triple lock - right?

 

[dave28]

Both my parents got a little boost but its all gone due to their council tax going up by 400 odd, the car Tax going up £25 and so on....

 

[GGizmo]

The political class really hate the people. They begrudge giving us anything.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Pointless.

 

[robfosters]

Isn’t it triple lock increase month? Whats the 25p for?

 

[~Mike~]

Isn’t it triple lock increase month? Whats the 25p for?

Age Addition when you reach age 80 - 25p per week

Apparently it was introduced in 1971 and hasn't increased.

 

[413x]

Age Addition when you reach age 80 - 25p per week

Apparently it was introduced in 1971 and hasn't increased.

Wait. It's this something you get at 80 that hadn't changed since 1971?

 

[Beans on toast Dave]

If anyone's that hard up that 25p at 80 makes a difference send me your details and I will double it

 

[jeffspuds]

bad for us getting old but our children lower teens they will for sure feel it.

shocking/

 

[Housey]

If anyone's that hard up that 25p at 80 makes a difference send me your details and I will double it

Giz 25p

 

[Richard - London]

The whole state pension idea is crazy, we have had 50 odd years of people enjoying retirement on the money from the younger gen, a generation that won't see a state pension themselves. How the younger gen are not on the streets rioting about this system is crazy,

 

[jeffspuds]

The whole state pension idea is crazy, we have had 50 odd years of people enjoying retirement on the money from the younger gen, a generation that won't see a state pension themselves. How the younger gen are not on the streets rioting about this system is crazy,

exactly the worst is yet to come, going to be sad times.

 

[Richie]

If anyone's that hard up that 25p at 80 makes a difference send me your details and I will double it

Then you'll just be Bean on Toast as you cant afford the rest