[davebtelford]

To my way of thinking the weekly payment is an historical relic from when every pensioner trundled off down to to the post office on Thursday morning to queue up and collect their allotment. Life ain't like that now for most of us - we have been used to getting wages/salaries paid monthly & most bills also get paid monthly by direct debit. It wouldn't be difficult to calculate what the weekly pension equals per month and pay it in 12 instalments instead of 13. S'only arithmetic!