11 Sep
6:31pm, 11 Sep 2024
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SPR
25% single person discount is definitely being considered even if a decision hasn't been made as Starmer's spokesperson refused to confirm/ deny today. Free bus passes for pensioners are staying though. bbc.co.uk |
11 Sep
6:47pm, 11 Sep 2024
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paulcook
That'll be my pay rise eaten up by more than the increase in just one single bill. Again.
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11 Sep
6:51pm, 11 Sep 2024
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Johnny Blaze
The government hopes a ban on evicting tenants in England without a reason will be in place by next summer, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has said.
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11 Sep
6:54pm, 11 Sep 2024
46,060 posts
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SPR
I read somewhere that the pressure to change the single person discount is coming from Councils which makes some sense given the cuts in funding they've had over the last 14 years.
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11 Sep
6:58pm, 11 Sep 2024
6,415 posts
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paulcook
I would die on the hill to argue that it's not actually a discount. But I won't be the one they listen to!!!
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11 Sep
6:59pm, 11 Sep 2024
6,416 posts
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paulcook
And more to the point, like yesterday's decision about the winter fuel allowance, it seems to be the wrong solution to a genuine issue to improve.
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11 Sep
7:03pm, 11 Sep 2024
46,061 posts
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SPR
I wondered whether the LGA had commented on this and found this by Googling. The LGA proposed giving councils the freedom to scrap the discount in 2014. publicfinance.co.uk |
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11 Sep
7:06pm, 11 Sep 2024
46,062 posts
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SPR
I can see the principle of someone living in a big house on their own paying the full amount. I imagine that's more likely to hit pensioners?
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11 Sep
7:06pm, 11 Sep 2024
6,417 posts
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paulcook
"single people in large homes" Wonder what the difference in particularly language is there. Mine is not a large home. |
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11 Sep
7:07pm, 11 Sep 2024
6,418 posts
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paulcook
Yes, I also wondered the double whammies against pensioners here. There's no way they could go after their bus passes too for that reason. Surely?!
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