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British expats are now receiving over £16 million a year in winter fuel payments, even though many of them live in countries where they never have to put the heating on.
New figures released by Steve Webb, the pensions minister, in response to a parliamentary question show that 65,000 pensioners living abroad received the payment last year, more than double the number who received it five years ago.
British expats are now receiving over £16 million a year in winter fuel payments, even though many of them live in countries where they never have to put the heating on.
New figures released by Steve Webb, the pensions minister, in response to a parliamentary question show that 65,000 pensioners living abroad received the payment last year, more than double the number who received it five years ago.
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I don't begrudge the winter fuel payments being made to pensioners who still live in Britain because a lot of them genuinely need the money........but ex-pats should get feck all, they have chosen to live abroad and therefore any monies they receive should come from their chosen country of residence's governments coffers
Pensions should be the only thing that ex-pat pensioners can claim
Pensions should be the only thing that ex-pat pensioners can claim
joeluke.....other countries are not "prats" like the UK.
They take the view, that exPats have paid no income tax into their country. so the ex pats are going to get "bu99er all" handouts.
The country that the exPats worked in all their lives and paid UK tax ( mostly at the higher rate) are daft enough to pay these handouts, then good luck to them.
They take the view, that exPats have paid no income tax into their country. so the ex pats are going to get "bu99er all" handouts.
The country that the exPats worked in all their lives and paid UK tax ( mostly at the higher rate) are daft enough to pay these handouts, then good luck to them.
No, its an absolute disgrace. I know an old lady (my nan lol) who lives in france, is worth A LOT of money and justifies it by saying well we need it for the air conditioning. She can well afford it without the help yet my other nan, who has passed away, lived off a state pension, had no idea for years and years that she was entitled to housing benefit and made every penny she had stretch gave hers away to the British Heart Foundation. I don't begrudge them having it at all, but they should have it in some kind of voucher form.
modeller...Income tax is not an insurance,,,,,,,when you pay it the money disappears to whoever and whatever.
In an insurance, your money goes to insuring just YOU....nobody else and you can stop paying an insurance whenever you like. Just try telling the Inland Revenue that you have decided against paying any more income tax.
That is the difference between insurance and income tax.
In an insurance, your money goes to insuring just YOU....nobody else and you can stop paying an insurance whenever you like. Just try telling the Inland Revenue that you have decided against paying any more income tax.
That is the difference between insurance and income tax.
I think they should still be able to claim because they are just as entitled to it as everyone else.. as sqad said alot of these people must have paid into the system all there working lives so why should'nt they reap some of the rewards.. also child benefit should be paid to the perants of ALL children not just the poor perants.. when you start to discriminate like this where is it all going to end.. one day some cameroony type person will come along and say "why pay that old age pensioner a pension when his or her children are earning over £40,000" certain benefits should be given to all.. end of..
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