Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
In my humble view we give away too much money , we pander to protests and give in too media pressure to fund this and that , we don't target the needy well enough this universal for all stuff is crap .

I know of a fella who is in work on 40k , over 65 , being paid works and state pension , , free travel, prescriptions , as he ages beginning to greatly pull on the NHS .

I would mean test the lot of folk ..
By my calculations, the State Pension equates to less than half the minimum wage per annum - and anyone who is 65 is likely to have paid enough into the system to be entitled to the subsequent benefit regardless of whether they choose to continue working (and which is a necessity for some people if they want to avoid claiming benefits if the State Pension is their sole source of income).
A member of my family is still working at the age of 70 as the State Pension leaves very little to live on once his rent is paid.