Is this the left eating the left? It’s not even been a month 😂.
- Leaving the old and disabled to freeze isn’t very left
- Not calling it out would be even less left
If 1 was true. Then yes, so would be 2.
But 1 is not true. They have not stopped payments. Just indicated a method of means testing.
Giving money to millionaires is far from left wing.
All the benefits that will no longer be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments Only those claiming Pension Credit or some means tested benefits will definitely be eligible Winter Fuel Payments following the Chancellor’s announcement. This means the following benefits will not make a claimant eligible this winter:
- Attendance Allowance Bereavement
- Support Payment
- Carer’s Allowance Disability
- Living Allowance
- New style Employment and Support Allowance
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- State Pension
Giving money to millionaires is far from left wing.
- It actually is. Universalism is the ultimate left-wing principle, and means testing is in direct opposition of that. The NHS doesn’t charge you when it thinks you can afford to pay for it. Don’t like giving the rich money? Just tax them more, you’ll get it back.
- We’re not talking about millionaires here, only those that don’t qualify for Pension Credit, which you only have to earn over a little over £870 a month to not qualify for. We’re not talking about well off people here.
Am I right in thinking that the article’s main complaint, namely that the means testing excludes those too poor to retire, is wrong? You can still claim pension credit if you’re on a low income.
