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was thinking the same..... was also thinking that since its a winter payment will go towards christmas...
to be honest i'm not really feeling the fuel rise at the moment, yeah i may feel it when the colder weather starts....i'm on meters and i wouldnt ever have them removed, they have been in since i moved in 12 years ago and i love them, i can keep an eye on what i'm putting in and using and not have a huge bill at the end of it, if i have to put £20 a week in the gas this winter it wont bother me at all, its just the price of living nowadays, i think this is a bad idea giving people this money, in most cases it wont go on what its meant for, as it says on the link that Dave put ip, its just a ploy to keep Brown in number 10
That's very true. One thing that annoys me is that the cost of fuel isn't proportionate to the number of people in a house. Boiling a pan of potatoes costs around the same for one person as it does for four. A TV uses as much electricity if there's one or twenty people watching it.
I qualify for nothing at all, except a 25% reduction in council tax now I live on my own, but the cost of living is going up the same for me as it is for everyone else.
I fail to understand why 'Sweeteners' are kept in reserve by the Government....If they feel that some members of the public are deserving of an increase give it to them...on the other hand, if it is felt and proved that certain members of the public are not deserving of the benifit...take it away.
The same should apply to all benifits......Pension credit is another bone of contension...If the Government think that a minimum amount of money is required to maintain a family home, bring the pension up to the required level and don't play about with means testing.
The Government did not fullly compensate pensioners for stealing from the pension funds in the way of tax?
What do you think?
It is a god point and the irony is that people who have not paid one penny in their whole life qualify for the same benifit.
Damn good poing, Have a bit of Karma from me!
POING!!!!! lol PoinTTTT........ karma sent
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This is what I meant, it was people like you who I was referring to.
I can understand how annoying things like this must be for you.
The people who get the thick end of the wedge...........Working Taxpayer.?
another attempt to buy the poor persons vote ,what shoudl happen is that the government should drag the likes of british gas over the coals and if needed force them to reduce fuel costs because i am %100 sure british gas's only excuse and only genuine excuse for continualy raising fuel prices is that the fat cats at the top want more money
oil prices may well have gone up but briish gas especialy has been hiking the prices up for years when not needed and could easily afford to absorb some of the rise in fuel costs but that would mean making a few less millions each day so thay wont
oil prices may well have gone up but briish gas especialy has been hiking the prices up for years when not needed and could easily afford to absorb some of the rise in fuel costs but that would mean making a few less millions each day so thay wont
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I'm not really complaining in my case, as I earn a decent wage and I'm not exactly struggling to get by. However, there are loads of people out there who are finding the increasing cost of living hard to cope with, but don't qualify for any kind of help.
I wouldn't mind some kind of payback, however, as I pay loads out in income tax every month!
Thanks BB and BT for the karma.
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