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Another week of GW News, April 18, 2010 [A Few Things Ill Considered]
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What Has Labour Got Against Pensions For Women And Carers…?
They seem to have a systemic hatred of pensions in general, but this is really bad. Why is that?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7153401.stm
The government has rejected a plan to let women boost their state pensions by buying up to nine years’ worth of extra National Insurance (NI) contributions.
In July, the government indicated it would probably support this, so women could make up for years spent at home looking after children or relatives.
Now the idea has been dropped, angering pension campaigners.
The charity Help the Aged was equally upset.
“In what amounts to an abuse of Parliament, the government has reneged on a promise to help millions of women and carers reaching state pension age between now and 2010,” said Anna Pearson, the charity’s policy manager .
“The decision… is effectively a stab in the back for women and carers,” she added.
Carers, women, the elderly , the mentally disadvantaged, the otherwise disabled are all vulnerable members of society, but also the easiest to attack from the Government’s point of view. They are always the first to feel cut backs or cancelling of services. The Government knows that they are not a strong force politically so they can be treated with disdain.Far from being a caring Government,this administration is motivated by cost cutting except where it concerns themselves and then they make sure they all have a substantial pension fund, proofed against inflation, plus many other perks too numerous to mention.
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