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    Originally posted by johnb View Post
    Also, I think it is a nonsense that people start receiving the allowance from the age of 60. Surely it should begin when people reach (state) pensionable age.
    I agree. I am still working at 62 and am quite puzzled by the fact that I am entitled to a winter fuel allowance (which I do not claim) and free prescriptions (which I do claim as I believe they should be free for everyone).

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      Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
      I agree. I am still working at 62 and am quite puzzled by the fact that I am entitled to a winter fuel allowance (which I do not claim) and free prescriptions (which I do claim as I believe they should be free for everyone).
      Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.

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        Originally posted by aeolium View Post
        Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.
        Good idea. Thanks, Aeolium.

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          Originally posted by aeolium View Post
          Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.
          And add Gift Aid if you give it to a charity.

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            Originally posted by aeolium View Post
            Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.
            I donate it to my wine cellar!

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              Originally posted by johnb View Post
              I donate it to my wine cellar!
              how public spirited of you
              nice to see that the spirit of altruism is alive

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                Originally posted by scottycelt View Post
                I suspect this whole argument depends on where our gut sympathies lie in the current economic climate, and therefore our priorities.
                Vince Cable says that he has a "Social Democratic outlook" and he assumes that "a few" of his Liberal Democrat colleagues share the same values.

                How reliable is this assumption? I find it hard to tell.

                Interviewed at the Guardian Open Weekend festival, business secretary Vince Cable discusses taxing rich people's wealth instead of their income

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                  Originally posted by Lateralthinking1 View Post
                  Vince Cable says that he has a "Social Democratic outlook" and he assumes that "a few" of his Liberal Democrat colleagues share the same values.
                  I think I would have had a nervous breakdown by now, had I been Vince Cable. He seems so uneasy in his apparent support of extreme Tory policies.

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