people have been getting the winter fuel allowance for 15 years? I thought it was a more recent thing due to COVID/ cost of living.
Neither-Stage-238 on
Young people live and sleep in one room, because they can only afford rent on a room. Please stop gloating margeret, 1/3 of pensioners are millionaires. You clearly have a few rooms? Maybe downsize from the 5 bed house to a 2 bed terrace for you and bob?
buythedip0000 on
It’s mean tested, if you can’t survive on what you have surely you’ll be eligible if not then this is dog whistle.
Liicuv on
Some live in one room by choice. Me and my partner dont require much and we’re happy
Minimum-Geologist-58 on
I feel for her but also love how she’s gloriously inarticulate/ a bit potty:
“I fought for this country… well I didn’t but I’m pretty sure people who did and died won’t receive the winter fuel allowance! Imagine dying for your country and not even getting your heating paid for!”
AssFasting on
This shouldn’t be a thing, people that actually need it shouldn’t lose it. So either she’s clueless or monetarily incompetent, or they are cocking it up, or all of the above frankly.
Tony2Nuts on
Why is there some much hate for pensioners these days, shit! You’re going to be one. All I see is stop ass shit blaming pensioners for what they have spent their entire life earning. Why not direct that anger at the years of government inaction and lining their own pockets? I guess it’s just easy to blame Marge and Harold living in their mortgage free home they’ve being paying 30 years for.
Lower_Possession_697 on
Is the ‘one big change’ suddenly getting so obese that they can’t get through the door?
Fucking Reach plc teaser headlines, I’M NOT CLICKING!!
homelaberator on
Why don’t all the old people just huddle up together for warmth?
doitnowinaminute on
I’m a little.confused how she’s got good jobs, made provisions, yet is still resigned to this. Shes not in the most expensive part of the UK either.
As with many articles, it seems there are always gaps in the reporting
Thomo251 on
“oh, my pension is going up £460 overall? Haha fuck you young losers go back to scrimping alone, party at Grandma’s house!”
B_n_lawson on
Her reasoning for being given this money is that she;
1. Has always had it for 15 years
2. Has budgeted for always receiving it
3. Is divorced
Does she seriously think this is a valid reason? If so, she’ll be glad to know her pension is increasing above inflation and should help keep her house warm. Young people on universal credit will starve and die instead.
Both-Trash7021 on
“Laid down their lives for their country and this is how they’re rewarded” ?
Eh, they’re dead.
My old Ma died last year. Her home was always freezing cold. So cold that visitors declined to remove their coats, in fact a lot of them ended up refusing to visit at all.
She died with a six figure sum in the bank and there was no need for any of her shit and the constant arguments about turning the heating up.
**Edit**
In fact I’ll tell you another one. My mate’s Ma. She’s 80. She spends half her life on the phone to NPower to argue about her direct debits, she’s another one with tens of thousands in the house and a stash in the bank too.
I think that’s all old folk have left to moan about, heating bills and wheelie bins and kids misbehaving in exactly the same way these supposed paragons of virtue used to behave when they were young.
Does my tits in the way they all pass from sinners to saints on the day they retire.
Apsalar28 on
Something doesn’t add up right for this.
If she’s “just above the threshold” which you reach with a full state pension but has also “worked hard all her life and paid into an occupational pension” then where’s the money from that occupational pension going?
Cheap-Plate5532 on
Lucky that the energy price cap is around £200 lower than it was last winter….. that should cover her shortfall.
Seriously though, she’s been budgeting using this for 15 years. In that time energy prices rocketed and it wasn’t a problem, but now that prices have fallen the removal of £200 is going to break the camels back?
Gazz1e on
The issue is that the Labour party are a bunch of liars.
*”Labour will save families hundreds of pounds, slash fuel poverty”*
> Laid down their lives for this country and how do they get paid in their senior years, their twilight years? This is existing – not living.
Well, if they laid down their lives, then they neither exist nor live.
Joseph_himself on
I live in a shed at the bottom of a garden… It’s a nice shed with electric and what not… But you know what I do when it gets cold? Stick a jacket on! When it’s really cold? Stick some more jackets on and whack an electric radiator on.
I wish I had multiple rooms to complain about only being able to heat the one but it just isn’t the case.
aquaemi on
People who need it should get it.
My Gran lives in a nursing home, she is not paying for heating (I mean I guess it’s coming out of her £800 p/w payment to live there but she’s not paying any extra for heating) why is she getting a winter fuel payment?
hemanshoe on
I live, work and sleep in one room because I’m a renter so yea that’s reality
Psychological-Type35 on
Please don’t set the title of a post to some stupid clickbait headline. I come to Reddit to escape this BS.
Chgstery2k on
Is the pensioner bragging about owning too big a house that they can’t afford to heat all of it?
sortofhappyish on
PM: “we’ve decided to restore the £300 winter fuel allowance”
Energy companies: “purely co-incidentally, we’ve just increased elecrticity bills by EXACTLY £300. In Bournemouth and Margate”
mzhal on
Some great quotes in this article. My favourites include: “They’re punishing people who have fought for this country. I’m too young to have fought for this country”, “I’ve worked hard all my life… so I wouldn’t have to live off the state. I’ve never claimed benefits” & “I don’t believe about the hole, the £22bn they’re talking about”.
Love how Paula, born in 1949, notes her astonishing sacrifice in WW2 before confirming she indeed wasn’t involved in the fighting. I’m incredibly relieved to know there have been no further wars since then that she could have partaken in; Paula obviously feels differently as she was clearly desperate to get involved should the opportunity have arisen. She then goes on to state she has never claimed any benefits whilst complaining her benefits are being taken away before, finally, letting us know that the government is actually making up the £22bn black hole for a good old laugh. Good job Paula!
manntisstoboggan on
These old people should stop buying avocado on toast and takeaway coffees so they can afford heating.
AbsoluteSocket88 on
I’m glad that in the real world people don’t hate old people as much as they do on Reddit. Not even this topic but just in general. It’s very strange as the majority of people outside of the Reddit hive actually love and respect the elderly.
According_Word8962 on
I find it interestingly convenient that they never actually mention her income despite her saying she utilized private pensions and had high paying jobs?
ActAccomplished586 on
Wife’s grandad lives alone with a daughter next door to call on if needed.
Has free carers because apparently he’s entitled to, despite the fact he’s rattling round in a 5 bed, £550k house with no mortgage.
He gets WFA and the tight old crone won’t even put the heating on.
His pension racks up every week as he can’t spend it quick enough and has about £40k cash in the bank.
The kids are terrified of means testing as it’ll probably expose them into having to sell their inheritance in order to fund further care.
There should be forced sales of houses in this position where part of the proceeds pay for a small retirement home and the rest is invested in order to pay for ongoing care.
Glum-Manner-9972 on
… I get why the Tories bumped themselves off in summer.
Imagine them having to come up with this, losing their last bastion of voters, and whatever seats they had left, in a winter election…
life_aint_easy_bitch on
“I’ve worked hard all my life – school, grammar school, further education, got good jobs and made provision for my retirement myself all my life from occupational pensions so I wouldn’t have to live off the state.”
Clearly didn’t make that much provision for your retirement love, otherwise you would be so concerned about £200
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people have been getting the winter fuel allowance for 15 years? I thought it was a more recent thing due to COVID/ cost of living.
Young people live and sleep in one room, because they can only afford rent on a room. Please stop gloating margeret, 1/3 of pensioners are millionaires. You clearly have a few rooms? Maybe downsize from the 5 bed house to a 2 bed terrace for you and bob?
It’s mean tested, if you can’t survive on what you have surely you’ll be eligible if not then this is dog whistle.
Some live in one room by choice. Me and my partner dont require much and we’re happy
I feel for her but also love how she’s gloriously inarticulate/ a bit potty:
“I fought for this country… well I didn’t but I’m pretty sure people who did and died won’t receive the winter fuel allowance! Imagine dying for your country and not even getting your heating paid for!”
This shouldn’t be a thing, people that actually need it shouldn’t lose it. So either she’s clueless or monetarily incompetent, or they are cocking it up, or all of the above frankly.
Why is there some much hate for pensioners these days, shit! You’re going to be one. All I see is stop ass shit blaming pensioners for what they have spent their entire life earning. Why not direct that anger at the years of government inaction and lining their own pockets? I guess it’s just easy to blame Marge and Harold living in their mortgage free home they’ve being paying 30 years for.
Is the ‘one big change’ suddenly getting so obese that they can’t get through the door?
Fucking Reach plc teaser headlines, I’M NOT CLICKING!!
Why don’t all the old people just huddle up together for warmth?
I’m a little.confused how she’s got good jobs, made provisions, yet is still resigned to this. Shes not in the most expensive part of the UK either.
As with many articles, it seems there are always gaps in the reporting
“oh, my pension is going up £460 overall? Haha fuck you young losers go back to scrimping alone, party at Grandma’s house!”
Her reasoning for being given this money is that she;
1. Has always had it for 15 years
2. Has budgeted for always receiving it
3. Is divorced
Does she seriously think this is a valid reason? If so, she’ll be glad to know her pension is increasing above inflation and should help keep her house warm. Young people on universal credit will starve and die instead.
“Laid down their lives for their country and this is how they’re rewarded” ?
Eh, they’re dead.
My old Ma died last year. Her home was always freezing cold. So cold that visitors declined to remove their coats, in fact a lot of them ended up refusing to visit at all.
She died with a six figure sum in the bank and there was no need for any of her shit and the constant arguments about turning the heating up.
**Edit**
In fact I’ll tell you another one. My mate’s Ma. She’s 80. She spends half her life on the phone to NPower to argue about her direct debits, she’s another one with tens of thousands in the house and a stash in the bank too.
I think that’s all old folk have left to moan about, heating bills and wheelie bins and kids misbehaving in exactly the same way these supposed paragons of virtue used to behave when they were young.
Does my tits in the way they all pass from sinners to saints on the day they retire.
Something doesn’t add up right for this.
If she’s “just above the threshold” which you reach with a full state pension but has also “worked hard all her life and paid into an occupational pension” then where’s the money from that occupational pension going?
Lucky that the energy price cap is around £200 lower than it was last winter….. that should cover her shortfall.
Seriously though, she’s been budgeting using this for 15 years. In that time energy prices rocketed and it wasn’t a problem, but now that prices have fallen the removal of £200 is going to break the camels back?
The issue is that the Labour party are a bunch of liars.
*”Labour will save families hundreds of pounds, slash fuel poverty”*
[https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Change-Labour-Party-Manifesto-2024-large-print.pdf](https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Change-Labour-Party-Manifesto-2024-large-print.pdf)
I’ve never claimed benefits,” she said.
Simple answer then, claim benefits
> Laid down their lives for this country and how do they get paid in their senior years, their twilight years? This is existing – not living.
Well, if they laid down their lives, then they neither exist nor live.
I live in a shed at the bottom of a garden… It’s a nice shed with electric and what not… But you know what I do when it gets cold? Stick a jacket on! When it’s really cold? Stick some more jackets on and whack an electric radiator on.
I wish I had multiple rooms to complain about only being able to heat the one but it just isn’t the case.
People who need it should get it.
My Gran lives in a nursing home, she is not paying for heating (I mean I guess it’s coming out of her £800 p/w payment to live there but she’s not paying any extra for heating) why is she getting a winter fuel payment?
I live, work and sleep in one room because I’m a renter so yea that’s reality
Please don’t set the title of a post to some stupid clickbait headline. I come to Reddit to escape this BS.
Is the pensioner bragging about owning too big a house that they can’t afford to heat all of it?
PM: “we’ve decided to restore the £300 winter fuel allowance”
Energy companies: “purely co-incidentally, we’ve just increased elecrticity bills by EXACTLY £300. In Bournemouth and Margate”
Some great quotes in this article. My favourites include: “They’re punishing people who have fought for this country. I’m too young to have fought for this country”, “I’ve worked hard all my life… so I wouldn’t have to live off the state. I’ve never claimed benefits” & “I don’t believe about the hole, the £22bn they’re talking about”.
Love how Paula, born in 1949, notes her astonishing sacrifice in WW2 before confirming she indeed wasn’t involved in the fighting. I’m incredibly relieved to know there have been no further wars since then that she could have partaken in; Paula obviously feels differently as she was clearly desperate to get involved should the opportunity have arisen. She then goes on to state she has never claimed any benefits whilst complaining her benefits are being taken away before, finally, letting us know that the government is actually making up the £22bn black hole for a good old laugh. Good job Paula!
These old people should stop buying avocado on toast and takeaway coffees so they can afford heating.
I’m glad that in the real world people don’t hate old people as much as they do on Reddit. Not even this topic but just in general. It’s very strange as the majority of people outside of the Reddit hive actually love and respect the elderly.
I find it interestingly convenient that they never actually mention her income despite her saying she utilized private pensions and had high paying jobs?
Wife’s grandad lives alone with a daughter next door to call on if needed.
Has free carers because apparently he’s entitled to, despite the fact he’s rattling round in a 5 bed, £550k house with no mortgage.
He gets WFA and the tight old crone won’t even put the heating on.
His pension racks up every week as he can’t spend it quick enough and has about £40k cash in the bank.
The kids are terrified of means testing as it’ll probably expose them into having to sell their inheritance in order to fund further care.
There should be forced sales of houses in this position where part of the proceeds pay for a small retirement home and the rest is invested in order to pay for ongoing care.
… I get why the Tories bumped themselves off in summer.
Imagine them having to come up with this, losing their last bastion of voters, and whatever seats they had left, in a winter election…
“I’ve worked hard all my life – school, grammar school, further education, got good jobs and made provision for my retirement myself all my life from occupational pensions so I wouldn’t have to live off the state.”
Clearly didn’t make that much provision for your retirement love, otherwise you would be so concerned about £200