winter fuel payment
#211
Re: winter fuel payment
1: To continue with a 2 tier system of basic pension and also with an income related second pension SP2. Over time the value of the SP2 pension will reduce for high earners to a flat level. Any existing contributions would be take into account.
2: To move to a single flat pension slightly greater than the current guaranteed minimum pension which would not be means tested and would be £140/wk.
The SP2 pension would cease to exist and so would the option to contract out. Any existing SP2 entitlement that would have entitled you to a greater pension that the new flat rate pension would be taken into account and you could get more than £140.
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/state-pen...st-century.pdf
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Re: winter fuel payment
I am not sure that's right. As I understand it and I may be wrong you need 28 years NI contributions to get the full pension.
The £140 equates to what is the current guaranteed minimum a pensioner receives and this is meant to avoid means testing. I do not think this is necessarily fair, firstly on existing pensioners who will not benefit and secondly it benefits new pensioners who in normal circumstances would not receive anything above the old basic amount as they have there own pensions or other assets.( I shall be in that category) This must reduce the amount of money available to those who need it most.
The only plus I can see is that it should reduce the cost of administering state pensions and benefits to pensioners.
Also what happens to SP2 contributions. Are these payable on top of the £140 as I cannot see that the state can take this away.
The £140 equates to what is the current guaranteed minimum a pensioner receives and this is meant to avoid means testing. I do not think this is necessarily fair, firstly on existing pensioners who will not benefit and secondly it benefits new pensioners who in normal circumstances would not receive anything above the old basic amount as they have there own pensions or other assets.( I shall be in that category) This must reduce the amount of money available to those who need it most.
The only plus I can see is that it should reduce the cost of administering state pensions and benefits to pensioners.
Also what happens to SP2 contributions. Are these payable on top of the £140 as I cannot see that the state can take this away.
As I said, I had hoped this was an opportunity to get rid of the anomolies, including the one where pensions are frozen from the day an individual moves to certain countries.
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Re: winter fuel payment
Graham
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Re: winter fuel payment
I was under the impression this was being introduced in 2016 but you never know until it happens.
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Re: winter fuel payment
when I first heard about this "new way forward" for pensions I had hoped that it would stop all the anomolies, but no we will still have them with those who will get the New Pension and those who will only have the Old Pension. But the latter will in many instances have completed the original requirement of 40 (?) years of NI payments\credits whilst the former will only have to have accrued 30 years of NI payments\credits. That in itself is a prejudicial alteration.
As I said, I had hoped this was an opportunity to get rid of the anomolies, including the one where pensions are frozen from the day an individual moves to certain countries.
As I said, I had hoped this was an opportunity to get rid of the anomolies, including the one where pensions are frozen from the day an individual moves to certain countries.
IMO it's very wrong that those who have no intention of working for a living will in the end receive more than those of us who have worked hard to pay our way.....
But then nothing much changes does it, they already do with all the benefits they get!
#217
Re: winter fuel payment
I wish we would get a refund! I paid the extra years, My husband will be a few months too old to get the £140, though he only had to get 30 yrs contributions to get a full pension. It's amazing that people with less than 2 years between them could be required to have made such different contributions for the same pension.
This is what is happening to teachers pensions. Imagine having the energy for 30+ teenagers at 68!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...by?INTCMP=SRCH
This is what is happening to teachers pensions. Imagine having the energy for 30+ teenagers at 68!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...by?INTCMP=SRCH
#218
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Re: winter fuel payment
I wish we would get a refund! I paid the extra years, My husband will be a few months too old to get the £140, though he only had to get 30 yrs contributions to get a full pension. It's amazing that people with less than 2 years between them could be required to have made such different contributions for the same pension.
This is what is happening to teachers pensions. Imagine having the energy for 30+ teenagers at 68!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...by?INTCMP=SRCH
This is what is happening to teachers pensions. Imagine having the energy for 30+ teenagers at 68!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...by?INTCMP=SRCH
Children generally respect and learn easier from their grandparents than their parents - there is no threat.
thinking about your statement it could be rewritten to read
Imagine having the energy for 30year old pupils at 68
#219
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Yes, out of the classroom and into pastoral or family liason at 60 might work. There is a wealth of experience there, but I doubt the money is available for any frills.
#220
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Re: winter fuel payment
younger people see young teachers as older brothers and sisters, mothers, fathers, all of whom they have issues with one way or another, as a threat of one form or another. This increases the tension, raising barriers that deflect the teaching, which is seen as a rebuffing of their authority as a teacher.
older people, generally, are more easy going, more patient, find it easier to get the point over without being authoritarian. They are also given respect without demanding it.
Many younger people tend to gyrate towards their grandparents for support, a shoulder to cry on or to unburden their worries and fears. Things they find they can never discuss with their parents.
But remember that later on in life when receiving training on new products, new systems etc etc, that especially when technology is involved, companies use young eager go-get individuals to carry out training, which is resented by the older members of staff attending the course. This can lead to poor retention of the information.
So please do not write off the oldies, even at 68, they can have very useful transferrable skills that can, and should, be employed to good use for the future of our country and our race.
You should never put an older worker in a shoe box with a clock and tell them to watch it. That is a waste of a life time of learning.
#221
Re: winter fuel payment
Graham
#225
Re: winter fuel payment
I wish we would get a refund! I paid the extra years, My husband will be a few months too old to get the £140, though he only had to get 30 yrs contributions to get a full pension. It's amazing that people with less than 2 years between them could be required to have made such different contributions for the same pension.
This is what is happening to teachers pensions. Imagine having the energy for 30+ teenagers at 68!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...by?INTCMP=SRCH
This is what is happening to teachers pensions. Imagine having the energy for 30+ teenagers at 68!!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/20...by?INTCMP=SRCH
What are the government thinking about??????