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@RandomIndivid01 @H6701 @TonyWard867811 One you pay into, with a visible value that grows over time, and the other is a benefit you qualify for.

@jayIFA @H6701 @TonyWard867811 What’s the difference between the state pension and the way one becomes entitled to it and a private pension?

Your father retired at sixty. He bought a caravan. He saw his grandkids on Tuesdays. He had time. You are sixty four. Your knees are gone. Your back is ruined. And they have moved the line again. Sixty seven. Then sixty eight. Then sixty nine. They sold three years of your retirement to balance their books. They sold five years of your wife's pension to balance their books. They will sell your children's whole retirement before they are done. Healthy life expectancy in this country is sixty three. You will retire sick. If you retire at all. The printer at Threadneedle Street never stops. The spending at the Treasury never stops. The excuses at Downing Street never stop. Three machines grinding through your life. You were not given more years to enjoy. You were given more years to serve.

@RandomIndivid01 @H6701 @TonyWard867811 Because one is and the other isn’t.

@H6701 @TonyWard867811 Do you really believe that state pension is a benefit? Why don’t you consider private pension a benefit then?

@bannon1975 Grouping the children allows them all to grow at the pace their abilities permit. Maybe we should focus on encouraging parents to read to their children from a young age, rather than blame the education system for inequities in reading standards.

When a child is put in the lowest reading group, they usually know it. The name of the group doesn't fool anyone. The Butterflies. The Robins. The Stars. Children are very good at working out which group has the hardest books. And they carry the information about which one they're in for years. We designed a system that sorts children in plain sight and then wondered why some of them stopped trying.

@devisridhar We had hailstones in Glasgow a few days ago. May used to always be one of the best months of the year but not anymore.

Is this the coldest May in Scotland or do I just annually forget what May feels like 🥶?

@WorldFamousHot1 Good point.

@jayIFA That’s produce not cuisine

Scotland

@scotball_ @TimesSport At least wait until we’ve won it 😉

BREAKING: Steve Clarke close to agreeing new contract as Scotland manager. @TimesSport have exclusively revealed that talks are at an advanced stage for Clarke to extend his contract until Euro 2028.

@C29215274971 @iamstill3681092 @DuskyMoko Most lenders offer deals to existing customers that are as good as, if not better than, open market options. Not often a need to remortgage to another lender.

@iamstill3681092 @DuskyMoko Oh ok I presume that’s with the existing lender only. So you won’t get the best deal but not an awful (SVR one).

People who have mortgages should be reassessed for that mortgage every five years and if they wouldn't qualify they have to sell that house and buy a house they can afford. See, I can make up stupid shit to make people's living situations more precarious too.

@AmyJStu So many people are underinsured so, if you are paying for specified items, or high value items, it might be reasonable. Mine is more expensive than that but covers a lot.

£1,300 is my quote to renew my home insurance. How much??????? Think I’ll need to shop around but I really can’t be bothered. I never claim off insurance either. Might have to start doing that too.

@LBC @TomSwarbrick1 These numbers will largely relate to the self employed, who aren’t compelled to save in a pension, like the auto enrolment scheme has done for employees

'If you're one of the people not saving for your pension, what's the plan?' @TomSwarbrick1 runs through the 'staggering' amount we'll be spending on state pensions and housing benefits for retirees in 2070. Can the economy survive it?

@AFCLee_ It’ll work well for people with clear routes of career progression, like Doctors

They’re desperateeeeeeee pumping the market. Imagine being on £150,000 and borrowing £975k in this market with these rates 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@RichardBurgon If you have a pension, or a house, or an investment, your wealth will also at least have doubled since 2010. This isn’t a billionaire thing, no matter how you try to frame it.

New figures show British billionaire wealth is UP again. It’s more than DOUBLED since 2010. ▪️2010: £250bn ▪️2026: £670bn While millions struggle to get by, the billionaire class keeps taking more and more. Tax extreme wealth now!

@financial_shaw Couldn’t agree more. There are dozens of people on here posting the same repetitive, tedious, nonsense every day. “Why has no one heard of an ISA”, “banks don’t tell you this” blah blah blah

Jesus Tom, have you ever considered just living your life. Thankfully we’ll all be dead in 100 years and won’t have to listen to this bollocks anymore.

@moneychimp I won the padel game tho, so it worked out well.

@jayIFA Ok that’s worse

Been clothes shopping with a teenager while dealing with crippling beer fear, and I would like some type of pride of Britain award or purple heart, please 🙏

Never ever ever consider paying fees for a trust to ‘protect’ your assets from tax or care home fees bit.ly/3Rdu5iY the only people who make money are the scammers who sell it to you and your children will pay the price.

@NickyZog We’ve just had hailstones in Glasgow!

Over 2 months since Rachel Reeves said we could turn the heating off, as it's summer, to offset the rising cost of living. 🤔

@GM1872_ I’ve never celebrated anything positive, like this. I don’t get it.

Bird at the bottom that fires on the balaclava gets absolutely melted twice 🤣🤣 would love to see the video recording

@samuel_leeds Only about 1/3 of your NI payments go towards state pensions. They also cover other benefits and the NHS

The UK should scrap the state pension. Give every newborn a £10,000 investment account instead. £10k at 7% for 67 years = roughly £930k. The average person pays about £113,000 in Ni over their career. That buys you £241/week at retirement age. Why are we still doing it this way?

@garyseconomics Videos like this remind me of Playschool.

The ONLY way to stop the far right from taking power in your country