Peers wanting to remove pensioners' benefits

I think a few of the peers need to exist on the state pension for a few months and then see if they think the same !

£305 per day attendance allowance,travel expenses and subsidised restaurant facilities.DISGRACEFUL

I suppose if you are being paid several hundred pounds a day just for showing up you don't need free TV licences or bus passes. Perhaps before the vote they should all have to live on the state pension for 6 months - I think that would give a lot of them a wake up call.

Thanks to the coalition government Nick Clegg brought forward the delaying of state pensions to 66y. I get mine next year. A friend was one of the last of the lucky bunch and she got hers when she was 60y. I also don’t qualify for free bus travel till I get my state pension.

So a conservative estimate is that I am at least £30,000 out of pocket compared to my friend. I’m still sore and the government aren’t listening to WASPI.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if these rich Peers of the Realm decided to vote for even more hardship for some of us. More ‘do as I say’.
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I agree that there seems to be a misconception that we are all living in the lap of luxury. Not only is this not true but after a life time of hard work and managing tight budgets, many of us are saving the State millions by providing free care for both our elderly relatives and our grandchildren. Unlike the younger generations we see today, we didn’t think anyone owed us anything and just got on with building our lives and families.