Retread24800 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Why am I not surprised but I do become well P,d off when it costs me £250 pa.:D http://www.survivefrance.com/forum/topics/winter-fuel-allowance?xg_source=msg_forum_disc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 ........... hmmmmm I wonder just how many ex-pat Brits ARE getting the winter fuel allowance in the Carribbean. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe63xnotuse Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Well,what ever the number(and what ever country they live in), you can probably guarantee that they all feel justified in claiming it because they've "..paid into it.." *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 pepe63 - 2013-08-30 4:34 PMWell,what ever the number(and what ever country they live in), you can probably guarantee that they all feel justified in claiming it because they've "..paid into it.." *-) And your point is? Maybe that the benefit should be means tested in which case Rich, UK and Italian residents would be disqualified, or are you arguing that this particular discrimination is OK because 'they' are all WASP's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 pepe63 - 2013-08-30 3:34 PM Well,what ever the number(and what ever country they live in), you can probably guarantee that they all feel justified in claiming it because they've "..paid into it.." *-) I don't really think that anyone can claim that they " paid into " the winter fuel allowance. We paid into the basic state pension - the WFA was only dreamed up recently ( by Gordon ? ) :-| (.... and, of course, what we " paid in " wasn't kept in a bank account until we were 65 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Sue gets her WFA this year :-D.........................It'll keep me nice and warm this January hopefully ;-).............as its almost 3 weeks pitch fee's in Spain :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teflon2 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 While it's always opposed when an allowance is refused the winter fuel allowance was supposed to be for the pensioners in Britain so they did not have to decide between being warm or buying food not for sitting in a foreign country in a motorhome and not having to decide which to have heat or food. How come you get £250 we only get £200. John B-) :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 teflon2 - 2013-08-30 7:52 PMWhile it's always opposed when an allowance is refused the winter fuel allowance was supposed to be for the pensioners in Britain so they did not have to decide between being warm or buying food not for sitting in a foreign country in a motorhome and not having to decide which to have heat or food. How come you get £250 we only get £200. John B-) :-S+ Don"t you mean British pensioners? many of us have taken a choice open to all Brits to move elsewhere in Europe, there are pluses and minuses to living in France, but British pensioners have been hit with a double wammy, the exchange rate for their pensions has dropped as the government prints money and now they are cooking the books to remove our right to state pension benefits. Our Grandparents moved on retirement from the Midlands and North to sunny Devon, all we are doing is following in their footsteps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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