£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....

 

[BowdonUK]

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?

 

[Jack_green]

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

You are there to pay them and their class are there to take that payment. Your are the funding mechanism for their lifestyle.

 

[~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.

 

[Jack_green]

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

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

I heard a lot hasn't increased on the part of the government.

 

[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,