UK state pension likely to rise by £488 under triple lock

What if you campaigned for benefits of working age people to rise like the state pension instead of pushing for poor pensioners to be more impoverished? Also it is fiscally sustainable if they taxed WEALTH, which means clawing back from wealthy pensioners. Just a thought!

News. It's likely the State Pension will rise by 3.9% next April based on the rise in average earnings that has just been published. This'd take the full new State Pension it to just over £13,000, yet the tax free personal allowance is frozen at £12,570.

Pensioners are NOT big winners, they’ll still be getting half the living wage and less than half the pension the French get. In what way is less than £9 a week a BIG deal? This sort of reporting is grossly misleading. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

Alternative headline: Lowest pension in Europe still less than 50% of minimum wage... State pension likely to top £13,000 a year as UK wage growth slows to 3.9% - BBC News share.google/Y6pfL1rq3y7S...

The state pension rises by wage growth, inflation, or 2.5%. But the real question: why does a currency issuer tie its own spending to arbitrary formulas instead of setting pensions at subsistence level, period? The UK creates pounds. It can afford dignity. #MMT #Economics #UKPolitics #UKEconomics

UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says. Average wages rose by 3.9% in three months to July, signalling pensioners will receive uplift of same percentage in 2027 under triple lock. I've never in my life earned £13,000 a year so I'll be rich!

Stories like never mention that only about half of OAPs get the full pension. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No 10 says government still committed to ensuring pensioners only just above tax threshold next year won't pay income tax - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

The real living wage (Living Wage Foundation) is £13.45 per hour. The government's so-called 'National Living Wage' is £12.71 per hour. A pension of £13k equates to working full time (37 hours per week) for £6.75 per hour. We should be increasing the state pension. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.com/news/article... Why do they think that those of us who were born in the 50's, or before, can afford to live on less than £10k a year. Particularly women who were allowed to join private pension schemes for decades.

No, actually pensioners are not "big winners". £13;000 p.a. brings us into the income tax bracket. UK has almost the lowest state pension in Europe. It is a disgrace that people pay their NI contributions and end up eith less than the minimum wage www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

The questions is not, "how can we afford this", but "why can't we afford this, decent welfare, proper health, social care, and so on" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The state pension is above the personal tax allowance threshold. lol. lmao. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The BBC opens up the comments section on an article about pensions. And pensioners are quickly targeted by a rabble who think that a £13k pension is too much. State pension likely to top £13,000 a year as UK wage growth slows to 3.9% www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh, it's "One Of The Lowest State Pensions in Europe But Let's Make UK Pensioners Feel Guily About The Triple Lock Day".