#AN #EX-MINISTERS #STATEMENT ABOUT THE #NEED FOR #PENSION #REFORMS

Thus saith the Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob

The statement made by an Mp who is an ex-minister of the government who who was in government when the pensions lock was in place and did not call for its reform then, states that the triple lock set at fixed increase rate per year should be reduced because many pensioners are better off than those in work, should get his facts right because of the narrowness of his vision as concerning the actual pension structure basic state pension should be permanently triple locked with either a fixed rate increase per year or linked to inflation plus a couple of percentages above it. From his statement that many pensioners are better off than those who are working and those on benefit only applies from his statement to those who are also claiming a worked based pension or a substantial private pension the state pension being provided by the tax payer. Many will say it is linked to nation insurance but that can be in the present climate only apply to a minor proportion of it, mainly because the National insurance paid by the working public goes to the health and welfare services and the NHS which is totally under funded to meet the health needs of the country which also subsidies the health tourists who are supposed to reimburse the NHS for their treatment. Which puts a strain on the National Budget which not only relies on taxation but on National insurance to pay for the Nations health and welfare benefits system. Yes there is a need for reform to take the strain off the Nations budget in as far as pension,health, welfare and the NHS are concerned but not at the expense of those pensioners who have no private or work based pensions in addition to their state pension who with even housing benefit and council tax benefits are barely able to make ends meet having to chose especially in winter between a decent meal and keeping warm. The reform that needs to come about is a reform as concerning those who are on a substantial private pension the right to claim state pension, state pension should be linked to the level of private pensions and those whose pensions are above a certain level should be excluded from state pension all together. This will ease the strain on the Nations budget in as far as pensions are concerned and will give the Government extra funds to increase state pension for those who most need it. Did I not say a fore hand about thy duty to care also for the elderly of thy Nation who have contributed so much to thy Nation all of their working lives neglect to do so and ye shall suffer the consequences.

This is the Word of the Lord to thee.

From the prophet of the Lord