Tuesday 21 February 2023

Cause for celebration

 

Cause for celebration

Following his recent significant birthday Barry was informed by the Pension Service, part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that he was entitled to a rise in his state pension. The rise is 3.5 pence per day.

3.5 pence per day will not even buy an onion or a potato or an egg.

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  1. I suppose at the end of the month you could buy a pouch of dog food for Gilbert so that he doesn't have to eat coal for one day. xxx Mr T

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  2. A postage stamp? No, not even that.

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    1. No, not that. It aggregates to £13.00 a year!

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  3. As my mother would say: don't spend it all at once. at the end of the week it is 24.5 pence, so what can you buy with that tiny amount?

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    1. Very little. For those who count every penny and are desperately trying to feed themselves, it's an insult.

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  4. Don't live in UK if you're poor!

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  5. Hi Janice - I see Tigger has also suggested a Gilbert thought ... I was going to say - please sit Gilbert down and explain how this will affect him in life ... don't let him sleep though - before you or Barry has completed the explanation?! And make sure you finish before next year's generous rise occurs! - cheers Hilary

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    1. I think he's too young to understand the intricacies of DWP-think;-)

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  6. Just passing....
    I received a letter from Pensions last Friday,
    telly me that from April 10th my State pension
    is going up by £22 per week....That is, l believe
    the fixed amount..
    I should get it checked out if l was you...! :).

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    1. 3.5p per day is the age-related allowance.

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  7. As American-style pensioners, my husband and I can sympathize. But as academics, which used to be valued members of the workforce, we ended up better off than some. Nonetheless, the pension increases often leave us with little on which to manage cost of living rises.

    Thanks for the kind remarks on my latest Farm post, Janice. We've both been at this for a very long time, and through the years I've enjoyed reading about your life and times. As an avowed anglophile, I especially appreciate your from-across-the-pond views on (what a well-loved fellow countryman of yours famously called) "life, the universe, and everything." I also envy you your agapanthus, which I once had a bunch of, but which died off in 2021. You've inspired me to try again! (I'd have posted this last paragraph of remarks as a reply to your comments on mine, but I can't seem to remember how to do it any more. Sigh.

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  8. Thank you. Your last comments chimed with me - there are things I cannot remember how to do, too. Very frustrating but I suppose I may recall them as I become more comfortable back in the blogging world.

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