Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Unless its funded from the public purse , taxpayers or as other countries do through separate insurance , as you righty point out folk are living and working longer that pulls on the purse strings as the elderly need greater support and care , we can't have it all ways Covid health funding ,vaccines , job / business support , has tipped the world of government funding on its head , extreme measure for extreme times .

I note the triple lock is going to be suspended or scrapped , this is a big balancing act .
It was suspended because it spat out an absolutely ridiculous 8%, the pension will still go up significantly more than most peoples wages in this country this year.