Andy triple lock is safe

Pension should be Means tested TBH , millionaires and rich People Don't need it

ordinary Joes need the lock

you know what would happen if you go down the road of means testing, deserving and "undeserving" poor which the right wing love to bang on about on social media

You could start by Blocking that Mob in the Lords , they have plenty and Get plenty for sweet FA

I suppose if you have a large private pension the state one becomes just throw-away money.

It's a daft argument, it most definitely needs to reflect contribution. If you've paid decades in through taxed earnings, you've earned getting some back in latter years.

The issue is the people who have contributed nothing, just taken out. Like these kids who are choosing the path of a three year party on the taxpayer, and as soon as that gravy train goes no further, opting for a life on pip and lcwra, with paid rent, free scripts and minimal CT. And get 50% interest on savings. Savings on capital that have come from taxpayers. Under the current system, these people won't only get the state pension if they reach SP under current rules, they will also get pension credit, which is a gateway benefit to a plethora of other benefits and freebies.

And there are plenty who have paid Nowt or Very little in

I saw the way the country was heading in 2015 and decided
I'd pay little or no tax in future. I didn't want to work
to fund incomers. Enjoying my pension and the country can gtf.

yes spot on , I don't really care who is running the Show any more ,Left Or Right its generally Shy te

Starmer has Gone ,a very annoying man , that is the Main thing , Burnham wont be coming in attacking all and Sunder

he is a lefty but he is not silly , having a look at the previous front bench it could have been a lot worse

if they can do something about this Mad Migration , that'll Do TBH  Doubtful but we live in Hope

the 2 child cap lifted needs looking at , the more kids you knock out the more benefits you get ...........why would you work?

This is an anecdotal example of what the country is up against.

I'm on LCWRA and I want to start renting with my friend due to a difficult at home situation, which would be more effective? (22 male)

Hi, so I currently claim UC on the LCWRA rate due to physical and mental difficulties I have that prevent me being able to work. Currently, my at home life has been really rough for me and it has been really steadily declining my already bad mental health. I really want to start renting my own place to get out of the situation, but I'm wondering what would be more cost effective of either sharing 1 room or 1 bedroom each, if anyone's wondering what I mean by this (because obviously a 1 bedroom is cheaper than a 2), the housing benefit works differently when it's one room in a shared accommodation vs 1 shared room, which means that when my friend starts earning any money whatsoever they can start taking mine. my friend doesn't get paid a whole lot so we've agreed to sharing a room if that would be better, but if we did share a room, would that do anything to my payments? I've genuinely done like so much looking up but I'm unsure how it works as I see a lot of mixed answers. I'd really appreciate if people could be decent in the comments as I'm going through a bit of a rough time, I just don't want what's already not a lot to live on with myself to be decreased because we decide to share a room. Thanks

Translated, a 22 yo man wants to spend his whole life not working for a single day, but wants to 'rent' his own place, with a mate in a second room

I'd put a decent bet down on them having attended university.

you're literally just making stuff up to try an justify your own bias



this place man

https://www.reddit.com/r/DWPhelp/comments/1unmotg/im_on_lcwra_and_i_want_to_start_renting_with_my/

copied from reddit (the DWP Help section is a fun read, but a window into the real world)

Here's another good un from today

About two years ago I applied to universal credit because I was 18 and I couldn't find a job over the summer before starting university and I thought they might be able to help. After the third appointment my claim was closed without warning because my mam was still recieving her last week of child benefit entitlement (that was paid months beforehand) during the week that I had applied, before my committments meeting.

Anyway I kept trying to find a job because I wanted money to buy driving lessons and maybe a car but I couldn't find a job so I figured it was because the UK was having economic trouble and I should go to New Zealand where my mam is from and do my degree over there.

I would be going in the January of 2025 instead of starting uni in the UK in september so I still had four months to kill so I thought I would keep trying to get a job and eventually I qualified for UC again so I thought I should go on and see if I'm entitled to anything, I had figured out by this point that the UC work coaches won't help you try to find a job, they're just there to waste your time and check boxes.

This time was successful and I was on universal credit until december when I told them I was leaving the country. They closed my claim the same day that I told them I was leaving, even though I still had several weeks where I would be entitled to claim, whatever, I'm leaving anyway, no point looking for a job for the next few weeks.

I spend 14 months in New Zealand and basically it doesn't work out but the reasons for that don't matter. I come back to the UK and I'm feeling really bad, like a failure and just want something to go right so I try really hard to get a job applying to literally every job in the area that I qualify for, like twenty jobs every day, and AGAIN, it doesn't work out so once again I fall back on universal credit.

However, this time it turns out that I don't qualify because I've been living outside the country during the last three months, okay, it's may and I apply again, I manage to get a claim open and pass the HRT. I then wait three weeks for my commitments meeting and another three weeks for my first work coach meeting. During which I find out about a sanction that was applied to my claim seventeen months prior after it was closed.

Apparently, I missed an appointment on CHRISTMAS EVE 2024 and I was SANCTIONED WHILE MY CLAIM WAS CLOSED. Every day since the tenth of january 2025, £11.10 has been added to my sanction while I WASN'T CLAIMING UNIVERSAL CREDIT. Infact, my UCD96 states that I have accrued 851 days of sanction between 13/12/2024 (the day after the last meeting before they closed my second 2024 claim) and 11/06/2026 (the day before my 2026 commitments meeting) even though there are only 546 days between those two dates.

I am now facing a sanction of £9523.80 meaning I won't be able to claim any money on universal credit until I have been to 123 weeks worth of work coach meetings (oh god) and whatever nonsense they sign me up for.

So if you think about it, I'm pretty much banned from UC only because I stopped claiming and tried to improve my situation!

Of course, I'm appealing it with a mandatory reconsideration because my work coach refused to explain the sanction, saying the details were sent to me in january 2025 when the sanction was applied (on a different claim by the way). And the next step on the UCD96 if you disagree was to to a mandatory reconsideration.

Is there anything else I should be doing? What should I do if they decide to stick with the ridiculous sanction?

Which they most likely didn't suffer from until the three year party on the taxpayer ended.

Righty ho, so your conclusion from that post is that they intend to get a full time job ?

Pointless arguing with the far left.

Jul 5, 2026 -- 5:47PM, Cider wrote:

Righty ho, so your conclusion from that post is that they intend to get a full time job ?

again, all you can do is just make stuff up

[i]the old nanny ;-) • July 3, 2026 10:34 PM BST
Pension should be Means tested TBH , millionaires and rich People Don't need it

wont happen it will kill the private pension industry

you're right it wont affect the millionaires but it will affect the working classes who have tried to do the right thing and save for their retirement in a private pension. To save any significant amount of money the means test would have to be set that impacted on these people who have tried to do the right thing

just another policy that doesnt make work pay