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I'm living rent free in your head LeeRex.

Labour will maintain the triple lock so in reality pensioners are on a winner!

I agree train drivers do tend toget paid an awful lot, for just pulling their lever all day.

Congratulations Darth, this is exactly the type of positivity we need.

You glow like a brigh start on here, given the majority are doom mongers.

Was Britain being a do gooder, when it invaded all the colonies? Any guesses anyone why UK is now so ethnically diverse?

We have 2000 prisoners to be released today!

Bolt your doors!

That their winter fuel payments are about to disappear. Personally, I do believe the winter fuel payments should be targeted support for the deserving and needy and not paid to the multi yearly foreign holiday Grey brigade!

After all it is only fair that it is like that!

"a total of 2,800 jobs are set to go at port talbot in wales, while up to 3,000 jobs are expected to be axed at british steel in s****horpe. a further 400 will be cut at scotland's grangemouth oil refinery."

all good in september otherwise, or did i miss something?

You need to have all the years contributions and they calculate it based on the last 15 years. L@@ks like €3,058.81 in 2023 is the maximum.

https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1129&langId=en&intPageId=4795

MV, I unfilter folks from time to time, to check if they have disappeared.

Very sound advise there Anthony.

MV does need to loosen up there a bit...

Thanks MV, but I changed accountant this year and they did a great job.

MV, "Being an international traveller and investor must be exciting ."

You are correct!

Pension paid out per month in £/Cost of Living Monthly Costs in £/ % above/below the pension income breakeven point

1 Luxembourg £5,201.88 £816.20 637.33%

2 Spain £2,709.37 £599.40 452.01%

3 Belgium £2,698.28 £786.60 343.03%

4 Bulgaria £1,486.00 £489.10 303.82%

5 Liechtenstein £2,148.08 £908.99 236.31%

6 Bosnia and Herzegovina £1,022.23 £458.10 223.15%

7 Cyprus £1,507.12 £731.10 206.14%

8 France £1,564.18 £812.50 192.51%

9 Iceland £1,893.87 £1,016.10 186.39%

10 Denmark £1,651.18 £915.60 180.34%

11 Switzerland £2,148.06 £1,389.90 154.55%

12 Netherlands £1,245.48 £816.20 152.60%

13 Norway £1,412.74 £964.90 146.41%

14 Ukraine £482.03 £345.70 139.44%

15 United Kingdom £958.53 £810.40 118.28%

16 Sweden £886.76 £779.30 113.79%

17 Ireland £946.53 £840.10 112.67%

18 Czech Republic £696.31 £648.00 107.46%

https://www.almondfinancial.co.uk/pension-breakeven-index-how-does-the-uk-state-pension-compare-to-the-rest-of-europe/

I find the numbers above truly shocking!

Anyone with some working years left I would recommends moves to Lux, Spain or Belgium.

Cyprus also would be a good option as they drive on the correct side of the road and have proper 3 pin mains plugs.

TW will start shooting up, when we start seeing the meat on the bone, of their housing policy!

I don't see the boom in Ireland ending soon! Why would it?

Like I said before, it's the folks who voted for the tories, who landed us where we are. Labour are now going to have to clean up the mess. Simply put, you voted for the tories in the past, you are now responsible for the taxes that banks will be hit with, or indeed the number of migrants that are here now. What i cannot abide is these right wing loonies blaming everone else, when they caused the problems we are now facing!

Correct, we do need to think of the common good. We should all be happy that we are being offered the opportunity to help our fellow Britain, who perhaps has been less fortunate than ourselves, by means of tax changes.

To be honest, UK pensioners are getting a very raw deal, compared to lots of other countries, which are more generous to pensioners.

I think it is really awful!

https://www.almondfinancial.co.uk/pension-breakeven-index-how-does-the-uk-state-pension-compare-to-the-rest-of-europe/

Dorfan, almost £100k in lloyds, this is only part of my share portfolio, spreading my time across 3 countries, 40 flights last year & two state pensions when I retire. All real my friend!

Dorfan, I eagerly await the socialist ideology to translate into concrete policies, wealth redistribution in the form taxation reform, the further realisation of a multicultural society, the inevitable demographic changes which will mean right leaning pensioners will reduce in numbers, means testing to endure financial support is given to the most needy and redirected away from those who are financially already comfortable and finally support the forces of law and order in the execution of their duties.

What is there not to like?

Popcorn?