ChatterBank1 min ago
Winter Fuel Allowance
Should it be paid to pensioners living in warmer climes?
http://
Apparently in 2015 they will no longer qualify. That will be a big saving.
http://
Apparently in 2015 they will no longer qualify. That will be a big saving.
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by sir.prize. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
It is not really part of the pension, is it? It is an extra sum , above the pension, for a specific purpose. If that purpose no longer exists, the sum shouldn't be paid. Old people here get free TV licences. If they were living in France, would you expect the French TV licence to be paid for them? No, because the purpose of the provision no longer exists. Some people get disability allowance. If they ceased to be disabled, should they still get it? Of course not, because the purpose of the payment no longer exists. So it is with this.
\\\\having expats spending it on Sangria hilst others are struggling in the North of England is not righ\\\
\\\ if the country is not good enough for them live in then why should they receive this benefit\\\\
Two bloody stupid unhelpful comments, both of which to be totally ignored.
You just hate the word "choice" in your vocabulary.
For what it is worth, i personally don't need the £200 WFA and if you would rather give it to the immigrants......fine with me.
I suppose Jake, that my £200 would be given to the one's" struggling in the North of England" so they got £200 plus. Then wouldn't those in the South of England complain that they are getting less than those in the North of England?
Yepp, take it.
\\\ if the country is not good enough for them live in then why should they receive this benefit\\\\
Two bloody stupid unhelpful comments, both of which to be totally ignored.
You just hate the word "choice" in your vocabulary.
For what it is worth, i personally don't need the £200 WFA and if you would rather give it to the immigrants......fine with me.
I suppose Jake, that my £200 would be given to the one's" struggling in the North of England" so they got £200 plus. Then wouldn't those in the South of England complain that they are getting less than those in the North of England?
Yepp, take it.
I assume that's not aimed at me Mamya as i have lambasted no-one nor would I suggest people didn't move abroad if they wanted, it's a personal dream of my own. Surely the fuel allowance was created to mask some of the pressures of the elderly on dealing with the ever increasing and exorbitant energy prices in the UK? It shouldn't be to help pay foreign fuel bills.
why would they be specifically tory voters, those who go do so go to retire, find a warmer climate, for work, better standard of living than afforded here. If they are older people who have gone to Spain they will likely have sold their properties here to set up home there, if they plan to stay put in Spain. So at one point they paid into the UK system, if you stop it on the premise why should they get it as it's a warmer climate, then why should any foreigner get benefits in UK at all that has paid nothing at all into our system. Or they can work for 6 months and get benefits, as one of the benefits advisors told a new claimaint...
All payments are paid in for by the public. The government has no money of its own. Arbitrary or not it is part of the payment system to pensioners. Those here are no more likely to need help as elsewhere and to target those who stay in preference to those who move when both have paid in under the same rules, is unfair discrimination. Not that government cares about being fair.
