Osbornes budget

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

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).

[aeolium]

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.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.

Good idea. Thanks, Aeolium.

[subcontrabass]

Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.

And add Gift Aid if you give it to a charity.

[johnb]

Rather than not claim the WFA you could donate it.

I donate it to my wine cellar!

[MrGongGong]

I donate it to my wine cellar!

how public spirited of you
nice to see that the spirit of altruism is alive

[Lateralthinking1]

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.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/mar/26/vince-cable-whingeing-rich-people

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

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.