Old man

[treeman]

Taken last year when I was 70. If the Government would play fair and stop stealing my War Pension then I could stop risking my neck and knackering my old bones.Treeman1.JPG

[tudor]

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HAHAHA - get in the queue Chris !!

[bob9739]

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Chris, they don't give a bugger mate, it's alright for them sitting on their arses with bits of paper in their hands making rules and regulations saying yes these people will have to work longer if the want their old age pension ! They have never done a days hard manual labour in their lives mate and nor are they ever likely too! That silly cow Edwina Currie, recently said there are no need for food banks, I'd like to see her living on benefits in a deprived area, and have her benefits stopped for some reason and then try to put a meal on the table. Out of touch with the outside world or what ?

[Kit Karson]

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Feck treeman...u harrison fords stuntman...applause

[stephenfrank]

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Feck Chris, I didn't realise you were so bad you had to use that contraption just to get out of bed.

[HappyJack]

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Taken last year when I was 70. If the Government would play fair and stop stealing my War Pension then I could stop risking my neck and knackering my old bones.

Chris I don't understand.
I thought they were not supposed to touch WP after 65? Or at least they should not account for WP when on OAP.
They don't down here in the NF anyway.

[Dave Burgess]

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I,d like to see the shiny arses down at Wasteminster try keeping up wi thee Chris!

[treeman]

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John. Without the WP I qualify for Pension Credit to the tune of £66 a week, on top of a reduced old age pension. The clever people running the scheme (thieves) take into account the WP which then stops me getting the Pension Credit. For some strange reason they allow me to keep £10 of the WP. Apparently these rules don't apply if you were invalided out after 1975. A War Disability Pension is compensation for injuries incurred while serving Queen and Country; it is not an occupational pension. If a civvy gets Disability Living Allowance which is the civvy equivalent of a WP, then the same clever people disregard it and award the Pension Credit. Basically it's discrimination against Service folk and is allowed to continue until we get some form of elected representation. Fire Service, Police, NHS, Teachers etc, don't get shit on; neither should we.

[tudor]

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Well said Chris - but we know THAT will be a long time in coming.....

[HappyJack]

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John. Without the WP I qualify for Pension Credit to the tune of £66 a week, on top of a reduced old age pension. The clever people running the scheme (thieves) take into account the WP which then stops me getting the Pension Credit. For some strange reason they allow me to keep £10 of the WP. Apparently these rules don't apply if you were invalided out after 1975. A War Disability Pension is compensation for injuries incurred while serving Queen and Country; it is not an occupational pension. If a civvy gets Disability Living Allowance which is the civvy equivalent of a WP, then the same clever people disregard it and award the Pension Credit. Basically it's discrimination against Service folk and is allowed to continue until we get some form of elected representation. Fire Service, Police, NHS, Teachers etc, don't get shit on; neither should we.

Thanks Chris, yes now I understand.
Whilst on PC myself a few years before retirement it was the same with me. Even when WP gave me back pay it was stopped by PC.
Altogether just under £10k that they clawed by from me.
A petition has been put forward, but at the moment its frozen due to the elections;

[Don the Mod]

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Does this mean that if I claim PC in Sept when i'm eligible, they'll take my WP off me?

[stephenfrank]

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Does this mean that if I claim PC in Sept when i'm eligible, they'll take my WP off me?

if the worse comes to the worse Don, you'll have to getting selling your body on the streets.

[Don the Mod]

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if the worse comes to the worse Don, you'll have to getting selling your body on the streets.

I'll be selling it by the lb Steve.

[Don the Mod]

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Here's something to help floating voters decide.

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[HappyJack]

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Does this mean that if I claim PC in Sept when i'm eligible, they'll take my WP off me?

Only if your under 65 Don.
But you cant have both, if one supersedes the other, then you claim the highest.