I am incandescent with excitement!!!!!

Now don’t you lot all run off on a holiday to Queensland, as they say here! Your lot sound about as ‘generous’ as our lot. Mind you, they pay themselves extremely well. 🤪

Blimey. Somehow pensioners make ends meet on £8000 yet people on massively greater salaries are striking for more. Well done us pensioners.

The current standard state pension is £8,122 a year. The tax free allowance is £12, 570 a year. So it already exceeds the state pension, so what you would like to see Susie42, is already with us.

My tax code was changed so my income has not increased by 25p.p.w. I too think the £10 Christmas payment should be abolished or only paid to those on Pension Credit.

I have a very small occupational pension of less than £10 on which I pay tax but I am not able to consolidate it with my other three pensions.

I would like to see the personal allowance increased for pensioners only so the state pension would always be tax free.

Probaly not much, now it is all done on computers working from huge datatsets.

Administrative cost is?
Apologies for fat fingers

25p 😵‍💫😂. I wonder what the administrative cos it…..

Thank you, Chardy

Welbeck being part-Irish, we take these things more lightly, but I know how he feels.

UK Parliament
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In his 1909 'People's Budget' Lloyd George requested that Parliament endorse proposals for raising £7 million to pay for old age pensions

Happy big birthday for next week, M0nica

here's another lucky recipient, looking about as impressed as you feel, MOnica. maybe.
www.peoplescollection.wales/items/8292#?xywh=-73%2C0%2C1024%2C583

it was 1911. maybe the legislation was drafted in 1909.
anyway i believe it was introduced for over 70s.
that's why they can't get rid of it, for political reasons.
i guess the age rose to 80 when other support became available after 1948, but that's a guess.

maddyone

Is 1971 when it was introduced?

no. it is the lloyd george pension of 1909 or 1911.

I think I'll be very happy to have made it to 80 and will have been drawing a pension for 15 years. I think I'll have got my contributions back so I'll donate to charity with gift aid!

Have a Happy 80th next week don't spend your 25p rise all at once.

That's a pound a month you lucky girl, live it up and buy something exotic, like a Lolly a week.

buffyfly9 I understand the temptation, I felt the same about a very tiny occupational pension I got, but at our age we are mature enough to restrain ourselves and just take it with a casual nod.

Remember, every little helps!

Is 1971 when it was introduced?

You'll be a living miracle!!
😁

If I am still drawing it in 2075, not only will I be extremely old, I will probably being living off my media presence.

It's a bloody disgrace and an insult. I've only got another year to go so when my letter arrives and if I'm still alive I will be telling the Pensions Agency where to stick it.

Aldom

In 1971 25p was worth £2.50 in today's money. Quite a difference.

So, I wonder what it'll be worth in the next 52 years, in 2075? 😆

I agree too maddyone. Increase Pension Credit for those who need it. I’m sure most of us can manage without a £10 Christmas Bonus.
The WFP this year will remain at £500 for we OAPs.

Yorklady. You are right. so, I will start again:

I am incandescent with excitement!!!!!

I have just had a letter from the Pensions Agency to say that from next week, when I am 80, I will be getting an extra 25p pension a week (20p after standard rate tax of 20p in the £1 is deducted)

It will take me a bit longer to afford the fish and chips and our trip to the coin machine place will now be once every 5 weeks rather than 4 weeks as before

maddyone on a more sober note, i entirely agree with you.

I m a year ahead of you Sodapop and ecstatic with anticipation