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Forum: General Chat 26 Aug 19, 04:30 PM
Replies: 241
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Posted By WhereIBelong
fully expecting 70 to be added to the roll out...

fully expecting 70 to be added to the roll out... and people will be expected to be grateful that it is not 75.
Forum: General Chat 26 Aug 19, 01:51 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
Well, the response from the DWP is quite...

Well, the response from the DWP is quite strong...

In a statement, a spokesperson said: "We will not be raising the State Pension age to 75. Fact."

"This is not government policy and we have no...
Forum: General Chat 26 Aug 19, 09:53 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
but that will be the problem of a different...

but that will be the problem of a different government, so they don't care.
Forum: General Chat 26 Aug 19, 09:34 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
on average... some of us won't They...

on average... some of us won't



They really do not expect manual workers to work to that age, they expect manual workers to move to less active work as they age, reduce hours as they pay off...
Forum: General Chat 25 Aug 19, 02:54 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
that will change though - more people will have...

that will change though - more people will have more employers later in life due to later retirement ages - going from a full time job, reducing hours, reducing physical nature of work etc. The...
Forum: General Chat 25 Aug 19, 11:20 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
There has always been that choice to make. Less...

There has always been that choice to make. Less are choosing civil service now because the wages have not caught up with the reduction of benefit - DH has had a wage freeze for around 9 years - the...
Forum: General Chat 25 Aug 19, 10:19 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
I took the hit in advance. I had a difficult...

I took the hit in advance. I had a difficult choice to make in my 20s.

We were always told - right from day 1 - that salaries are lower in the civil service because benefits are higher. You have...
Forum: General Chat 23 Aug 19, 04:03 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
Yep, same here- made plans from when I started...

Yep, same here- made plans from when I started work at 17 - for state retirement age 60, then 65, then 67, now proposed to be at least 70 - and I am 55 now, I retired early with my Civil Service...
Forum: General Chat 21 Aug 19, 06:06 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
we used to pay higher tax - when I started...

we used to pay higher tax - when I started working base rate was 33% and there were many tiers - tax rate was 83% if you earned over £24k (equivalent purchasing power today about £80k)
Forum: General Chat 18 Aug 19, 03:41 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
Lots of people will be working in minimum wage...

Lots of people will be working in minimum wage jobs on the run down to retirement though - it will be too hard to do otherwise for those of us who are not in tip-top health.

I am - part time and...
Forum: General Chat 18 Aug 19, 02:48 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
we will be employing them to provide the care for...

we will be employing them to provide the care for our 90 year old parents that we would have been providing for free had we been retired.
Forum: General Chat 18 Aug 19, 12:28 PM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
The thing that gets me most - cynically I guess -...

The thing that gets me most - cynically I guess - is that someone somewhere must have worked out that Labour is currently SO unelectable that the ruling powers can push this as "an idea" - hidden...
Forum: General Chat 18 Aug 19, 10:21 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
Luckily I have preserved Classic... and have just...

Luckily I have preserved Classic... and have just taken early retirement (55) - whilst working part time in a small shop. (yes, I know how lucky I am... I am generally one of life's "jammy gits" as...
Forum: General Chat 18 Aug 19, 09:49 AM
Replies: 241
Views: 23,042
Posted By WhereIBelong
Pension age worries

Anyone else born after 1961 worried about the latest murmurings from Iain Duncan Smith... It proposes raising the eligible pension age to 70 by 2028 and 75 by 2035.

And has been proposed at...
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