Family & Relationships0 min ago
£10 Xmas Bonus
Regarding the Winter Fuel payment, has there been any anouncement regarding the £10 bonus that pensioners receive at the same time as the fuel payment?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Many pensioners (like me) who are also on a significant Occupational Pension don't really need these token payments (but we do usually still pay tax to support them of course) so they really should be paid only to folks trying to exist solely on the State Pension. But this raises the "Means Test" ghost, much maligned in some circles.
I would quite happily forego these annual increments, but strongly disprove of their wholesale elimination - as a dedicated Leftie I have repeatedly criticised Sir Starmer, and consider his behaviour disgraceful. As a result of his leadership, I did not vote Labour at the last election and am considering not renewing my Party Membership. Although he's not as bad as Liz Truss, we should still dump him as the Tories did her.
"Although he's not as bad as Liz Truss, we should still dump him as the Tories did her."
The difference is, though, that Truss was given the elbow because she was too "extreme" (i.e. "Conservative") and you want Starmer booted out because he is not "extreme" (i.e."Labour") enough!
(Note the inverted commas denote that the enclosed words are not to be taken literally - it depends entirely on your POV). 🤣