[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Disgusting.
Why would any husband let another man pick up the tab for clothes for his wife
All sounds like Robin Hood in reverse with this shower of $hits.

We miss you Smudgie

[Cherry Christmas]

I understand the row back was messily announced at PMQs today

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I understand the row back was messily announced at PMQs today

he just said he wanted more pensioners to get the allowance, he didn't say any more would actually get it. He is playing around with words again. That is exactly what Blair used to do with a smirk

[Cherry Christmas]

Winter fuel will be given back to 8 million pensioners....the threshold last year to receive winter fuel was

Spoiler:

11,500 or thereabout

if you earned a penny over that you could do without

the threshold now is

Spoiler:

35,000 or thereabout

who is plucking these figures out of the air, that is some leap and in my opinion way too high...but what do I know Im just a lowly taxpayer

[Ammi]

…I’m thinking that @bots won’t get the fuel allowance as he buys a super yacht some months…maybe not in the winter months, though…

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I’m thinking that @bots won’t get the fuel allowance as he buys a super yacht some months…maybe not in the winter months, though…

it depends on whether it's his year to live on lentils or live or his super yacht, he alternates

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

it depends on whether it's his year to live on lentils or live or his super yacht, he alternates

…that might create a bit of a headache for Rachel Reeves, she’s going to need a bigger calculator…

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Winter fuel will be given back to 8 million pensioners....the threshold last year to receive winter fuel was

Spoiler:

11,500 or thereabout

if you earned a penny over that you could do without

the threshold now is

Spoiler:

35,000 or thereabout

who is plucking these figures out of the air, that is some leap and in my opinion way too high...but what do I know Im just a lowly taxpayer

£35k seems far more reasonable tbh if it's full household income... it's tough to accurately assess though, as a pensioner on £35k paying private rent has far less money for bills than a penioner living in an owned home with a paid-off mortgage. Any assessment should be fully means-tested not an arbitrary figure.

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Quantum Boy

£35k seems far more reasonable tbh if it's full household income... it's tough to accurately assess though, as a pensioner on £35k paying private rent has far less money for bills than a penioner living in an owned home with a paid-off mortgage. Any assessment should be fully means-tested not an arbitrary figure.

That is a good point but now I am hearing that it is 35k per person, everyone will get winter fuel and it will be clawed back via tax which is a better system than having to fill in 16 pages of forms to get pension credit, I just find the gap incredible that they thought pensioners on 13k were wealthy....

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Cherie

That is a good point but now I am hearing that it is 35k per person, everyone will get winter fuel and it will be clawed back via tax which is a better system than having to fill in 16 pages of forms to get pension credit, I just find the gap incredible that they thought pensioners on 13k were wealthy....

£35k each for a couple in insane, imagine claiming a couple of hundred £ off your fuel bill when you're bringing in £70k combined and have no housing costs .