To: NICK BROWN

New and old pensioners inequality

TO INCREASE THE RATE OF PENSION FOR OLD PENSIONERS ( BORN BEFORE 1953 FOR WOMEN AND 1951 FOR MEN ) TO THE NEW PENSIONER RATE. THE NEW RATE OF PENSION IS £168 A WEEK BUT OLDER PENSIONERS RATE IS £129 which is almost 25% less.

Why is this important?

IT IS TOTALLY UNFAIR . THE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE RISE BY AGE , KEEPING WARM , COPD DIFFICULTY WITH LIVING GENERALLY. SOMEONE AGED 65 HAVING A GOOD LIFE WHILE A 76 GOES COLD AND HUNGRY. HOW CRUEL IS THAT. I DO BELEIVE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLAIM SOME MEANS TESTED BENEFIT ONCE YOUR SAVINGS HAVE GONE BUT MOST FIND THAT HUMILIATING AND WHY SHOULD YOU AFTER 50YEARS OF PAYING NI.

Newcastle upon Tyne

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