@TonyMaris2@JeremyVineOn5 It is a "contributory benefit," meaning eligibility depends on your NI record (usually 35 years for the full new state pension).
As a host of benefit pay-outs increase today - can Britain afford it?
The state pension is rising, larger families could receive more cash and those on universal credit or disability support will get increased payments too.
But can the country afford it?
@JeremyVineOn5 The pension should not be means tested, those who have surplus wealth can pass it on to their grandchildren. If you paid into a scheme and did well for yourself why should you lose out?
@lyndapriestley1@JeremyVineOn5 If you read it properly the question is can the country afford it.
Jezza isn’t in today. He doesn’t write the questions, he hosts the show.
@JeremyVineOn5 He is if you read it properly. People who work for employers who rely on UC to top up low wages and people who are on disability benefits will get a few pence extra a week. As usual, Jezza trying to generate an attack on the working classes
Are cycle lanes a waste of money?
One in the West Midlands has cost over £4,000 for every metre - totalling to over £5 million.
It's been branded a "monumental waste of money" by local residents, who say it would have been better spent on fixing potholes.
What do you think?
@CHERRYW00609336@ShakeLS@DianeFurminger Might I suggest N°519? The date of the (her words) “televised spectacle” instead of her (words again) “real wedding three days earlier”.
It reeks of bullshit… you’ll love it! @DianeFurminger 😆
@CHERRYW00609336@ShakeLS@DianeFurminger Now, off you trot and treat yourself to one of those white label candles Markle repackaged and numbered after dates that are “special and significant” to her.
Prince Harry getting security and visiting the UK in July maybe with his wife and children will mean one thing. He can visit his mother's family, her grave, show his kids his country. It's going to be everyday stories about Charles not wanting to see him but we all know the reality would be, Harry would be free to visit the UK without the Palace controlling those visits. He won't be giving any shit. He could bring the kids anytime he wanted and completely stay away from that toxic parent Charles and family. And Charles and William can't have that. They can't have Harry being in the UK working with charities, showing the kids around, going to Althorp. That's why Harry needs to be Extra Extra careful. As for Meghan i really don't want her in the UK but IMO she will never let the kids visit without her. These people are crazy they are definitely going to try and harm them. I can see the Sussex family visiting Althorp on Princess Diana birthday. Staying there.
@CHERRYW00609336@ShakeLS Why would you want her in the UK? 🤔 She can’t even blag herself an invite to her celebrity-in-place-of-family wedding guests’ fundraisers - unheard of for any duchess with clout, credibility or charisma! 🤭
@BonnieBLatino@BellLilian15441@ShakeLS But none of that matters when you’re weaponising your children by threatening KC3 will die without seeing them — unless he goes all Henry VIII and overturns a government ruling. Denying both grandparent and children of any relationship. That’s plain nasty. Humanitarians my arse!
@BonnieBLatino@BellLilian15441@ShakeLS Let’s not forget the Markle side of the family. Surely there must be somebody appropriate from Doris’s side they could meet…