Removing Benefits for Pensioners

[Rimms]

And what can you do about that Liz? A loss of 6 years leisure and around £35,000 wiped out overnight

[raff]

Fran - where does your sister live?

The information below is taken from Essex County Councils website. Sorry -it wouldn't let me copy the eligibility calculator but for my date of birth (26.5.52) I will get my bus pass on 5.5.2014 when I'm 62 and Chris (25.5.53) will get hers on 5.5.2016 when shes 63. I can't say its the same for all councils but our friends who live in Lancs say its the same for them.


"Older people become eligible at the female age of retirement. If you were born before 6 April 1950 you are eligible for a concessionary pass.

If you were born between 7 April 1950 and the 5 April 1955 please use the eligibility calculator below to help you work out when you will become eligible for a pass.

On 29 November 2011 the government announced the increase from 66 to 67 will be bought forward from 2034 to 2026. People born on or after 6 April 1960 but before 6 April 1961 will have a State Pension age between 66 and 67. People born on or after 6 April 1961 will have a State Pension age of 67 or higher. This proposed change is not expected to be finalised until the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013. Because this is a proposal and not law, this calculator is based on the current law and does not take the proposed changes into account."





 

[Fran]

Raff she lives on the Wirral.

[ronzeus]

Raff she lives on the Wirral.

Probably nicked her big sisters then.   

[Fran]

Ha ha, she's the eldest, so there.

[160606]

Can I just say, I live in Liverpool.  I was 60 in February and I can get my bus pass at any time I want to, but I will only be issued with a bus pass to get me around Liverpool.  I will have to wait until January 6th 2016 before I get my State Pension and after that I will be automatically issued with a bus pass that covers all the local areas that those who have one now can visit free of charge with.  So I think it is actually a matter of what your Local Authority decides what you are entitled to.  But couldn't agree more with Rimms, the thought of working for another 3 years is such a depressive one, especially as they are living the dream, so envy them.  Hope to join them sooner rather than later but will be with them in June, so lot too long to go now.

[mary anne]

Me too Born May 1954 and totally p...d off that I now have to work another almost six years than originally expected. Not fair, not fair!!! I have women working with me that retired at 60 claimed pension,works pension and don't now pay National insurance, meaning they have more than me as a manager ! Reduced their hours still working .... Great is it not . I am afraid for those born around the mid 50s there will be no such perks, even though we will have worked longer.

[raff]

What I would like to know is how the local authority in Merseyside can afford to give the over 60's local bus passes when the rest of the country have to wait until retirement age for the National Bus pass? I think I will be making enquiries with Essex County Council or maybe Ian Duncan Smith can answer that one! :

[nichola]

Maybe it is to do with the political make up of the different local authority councils and the priorities they afford to the people that live within them   

[bewva]

The bus pass is a far less issue though than the pensionable age issue. I am only 47 but by the time I get near retirement age it will be set much higher again i am sure.