Labour to target LONELY pensioners with NEW council tax RAID: 'They've CONNED the electorate!'

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[@Davo-z8x]

In italy rhe elderly and young are looked after

[@slumber5846]

There would be plenty of money if we weren't spending billions on people who shouldn't be here

[@LeftAndProud]

Don't hear you complaining about 50 billion that was taken by the business class through contracts during covid.

[@agenttruecrime399]

You're not allowed to say that. It's racist 😂

[@agenttruecrime399]

The winter fuel payment is NOT means-tested! It is being given to pensioners who are NOT struggling with the cost of living, and often to people who spend the whole winter in a different country in the sunshine. It's being taken away from people who can't afford to put their heating on, and will end up blocking A&E spaces this winter from health conditions made worse by the cold weather. Starmer is a liar!

[@KashLuciano-xh2yh]

@@LeftAndProud everyone complained about that!!! Previous government = corrupt. Current government = corrupt

[@edyjohnson559]

HERE HERE WELL SAID-I Tip my HAT TO YOU!!

[@Jfalways]

Why should a single person living on their own pay the same as a family??

[@jackiemadden4024]

My house is council I just happen to live in a road that’s become a bolt hole for the wealthy I’m in band E although the house is falling apart at the seams I still have to pay the same council tax as my neighbours who’s houses are worth more than a million how’s that fair

[@janetnaffine9508]

Why should a person who lives alone pay the same charges, for water and sewage, as families with multiple people!

[@G53ij]

How will they know if your lonely or not! Do you have to pay extra tax to be lonely then! Being alone does not always mean lonely but seems now you are an just easy target for a gutless government. Also I have not heard a peep out of anyone that is actually wealthy guess they really do not give a monkeys as long as they are alright!

[@jacquiaba9132]

​@@janetnaffine9508if you get a meter you just pay for what you use therefore its fairer.

[@jacquiaba9132]

Starmer not touching the monarchy because they are all globalists in the same club.

[@martinsigley3957]

As a pensioner I will consider leaving the country and returning illegally and live for free.

[@suzesinger6762]

😊❤🎉

[@martynsmith8120]

Any pensioner should be leaving the UK as they have no reason to stay with what Labour are doing to them.

[@PamelaKirkbride-qv6ld]

@@martynsmith8120 they would probably then stop the little amount of money they get as State Pension they already do get.

[@mac1-nf6ic]

Poll tax is a scourge it doesn't work

[@lasttango7522]

​@@martynsmith8120 Many who can are going to warmer climbs and sharing apartments with their mates. Good idea the energy bills will half.

[@stevewright7745]

I'm a pensioner, and I honestly think I'll be better off in prison. It's sad to think that I've worked all my life as a Carpenter, and paid my way all throughout it, and strangers come into this country, and have paid Nothing into the system, come before me.

[@akbukgraham408]

You now will have quite a queue to get in prison as they are full with Government Dissidents. One could try the rubber boat method for luxury accommodation with benefits while you wait for a free new house to be built.🤬

[@jacksyful]

totally ridiculous and UNACCEPTABLE!!

[@sysasst670]

A society is measured by how it cares for its elderly citizens. Labour will be judged by its treatment of our pensioners and will not be forgiven or forgotten.

[@MrKarlyboy]

i think the repercussions will see the end of the liebore party, and people talked about the exinction of tories but Liebore are going to be the one that will be rendered extinct.

[@ClactonCuun]

Sunak finished off the Torys Starmer has finished off Labour

[@richardkent2014]

Why don't we just admitt the UK is nothing like it was 30 years ago anyone we have to vote for has driven the UK into the ground since Thatcher and joining the European union and democracy is dead and will never be the same again. Let's just cut the problems out.

[@richardkent2014]

Problems in Palestine cut out the problems problems in Ukraine cut out the problems migration cut out the problem let's start cutting out the problems masquerading everything is fine and going back to normal and deal with them and even talk about why people here from all over the world are ready to criticise the UK and throw diversity at us when we never had a problem with diversity here in the first place in fact it's the world that has a problem with European diversity and understand we are so culturally and different here and problems here are what have given the world what they have today outside Europe.

[@richardkent2014]

Cut out the problems what have conservatives and Labour and anyone in Westminster or the European union or even since Thatcher done for the normal hardworking Brit ( I admitt conservatives have done more for me labour but I don't know any better) why do we argue over the problems when we all know who causes them.

[@notanostrichcarter2297]

Can someone please correct that man in the blue shirt on how the State Pension system works - that, contrary to what he has declared, it is NOT 'free money'. Pensioners have paid into the system through National Insurance all their working lives.

[@Sandra-t2z8r]

He’s a bellend

[@Jennifer-x3m]

Man in blue shirt not hot clue

[@bobmcdermott9535]

According to govt. accounts there is £8,600,000,000 in National Insurance investment account!

[@notanostrichcarter2297]

@@bobmcdermott9535 Wow! Where did you find that information?

[@bobmcdermott9535]

United Kingdom debt management office.

[@neilfoster814]

How about stop funding 4 and 5 star hotels for unwelcome arrivals, how about that!!!!

[@Headwind-1]

ffs leave us poor, ill, disabled pensioners alone to die in peace . . . . . .

[@MAHMED-s6h]

Those pensioners who have contributed most of their lives should not be penalised.

[@amandahudson2038]

We paid for your parents oension and your education, show some respect for us older people.

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@amandahudson2038 NOT all of you did.

[@OrioleBeagle]

They want the elderly to get hypothermia and starve to death.

[@yvonnejohnson1004]

⁠@@craigrothwell6144Some paid with their lives it’s about time your generation showed some respect and gratitude. I think it’s disgraceful that pensioners are being penalised for getting old. The real reason is because some of us can’t go to work and be productive. I’m sick of the younger generation accusing us of ruining their future. They moan they’ll never be able to own a house. There was no Bank of Mum and Dad to help us. We scraped together a deposit by not going on expensive holidays etc. We saved up and I resent being blamed for the state of the nation. We built this country after two World Wars. We didn’t have it easy, I’ve yet to meet a rich pensioner. One day you might experience being old and you’ll realise how wrong you were.

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@yvonnejohnson1004 Look in the mirror and all your answers will be there in front of you, Did you not think you would be old one day? Where do you think your pension comes from because it ain't from the money you paid in, It is from those working and paying in NOW, Those who probably won't get a state pension if they are ever allowed to retire, I bet you got yours at 60, My wife has to wait until 66 and me 67 Count YOUR blessings.

[@rohinipatel3037]

Let pensioners live in peace in their final years. STOP TARGETING PENSIONERS. GET LABOUR OUT BRING IN REFORM. REFORM CARE FOR GREAT COUNTRY AND BRITISH PEOPLE.

[@AlanFagan-y5l]

Of course they do,that's why they want a private health insurance scheme which pensioners couldn't afford ,instead of the NHS.

[@martynblackburn9632]

The right wing hypocrisy laid bare.

[@suedavey8711]

@@martynblackburn9632 How is that Right wing? Starmer is a Marxist he's the one doing it.

[@MTknitter22]

Are you helping demand our MPs receive our fuel assistance for their second homes?

[@MTknitter22]

@@martynblackburn9632the left wing lunacy laid bare.

[@martynsmith8120]

Not only pensioners but also single working people living on their own.

[@craigrothwell6144]

And married working people :)

[@lizevans8043]

yes i live on my own retired if your a couple working you have two incomes coming in a single person or parent does not

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@lizevans8043 They also get benefits, discounts, though

[@Jennifer-x3m]

Yes and same bills

[@Kinadnuf]

Never call comrade Starmer “sir”. He’s a loathsome liar.

[@DracFury]

Labour OUT!

[@xusiaxod6255]

But you voted them in? Make your minds up.

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

@@xusiaxod6255 Britis didnt dummy ..immos did .

[@xusiaxod6255]

@@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361 Then should have voted Reform. Still more Brits than Immo's at the moment. Too late now.

[@johnmoncrieff3034]

We have been cheated by Starmer who is a hard line COMMUNIST in the nature of STALIN!

[@joprocter4573]

Only 15 thousand out of supposed population 86 million​@@xusiaxod6255

[@carllockpick6179]

How about, stopping heating allowance on second homes, for the mps.

[@j.4332]

Well,they didnt con me.I voted like an intelligent person for Reform.

[@sandramullen7804]

And in doing so you voted starmer 💙🇬🇧 in ...should have stuck to Tory

[@kind-hearted-dimwit]

I didn't vote

[@MissJensk1]

Me too

[@arthurmackrell8154]

​@@sandramullen7804Rubbish. The whole idea of voting is to vote for who you want!!! Not for who you don't want, this just shows that our Democracy is not Democracy at all..

[@polaris7122]

Reform voters wasted over 4 million votes because they didn't understand the FPTP voting system-not very intelligent, really. They ensured that Labour gained a massive majority!

[@dhbassman]

As an active 75 year old pensioner who worked and paid his taxes for over 48 years it makes me feel so proud and special to have been chosen by Kier Stomer to be a part of the demographic chosen to spearhead the fight to "stabilise the economy" through the removal of my winter fuel payment. Watching the daily arrival of so much cultural enrichment and diversity is really heartwarming too knowing that our Oh so caring establishment and political elite are falling over themselves to provide these parasi...... people with EVERYTHING they need for a comfortable life to the tune of £8 million a day, part paid for from the additional tax I now pay from a very meagre occupational pension due to Fiscal drag! Our newly appointed leaders declared that "The adults are back in charge!" I disagree....... I believe and suggest that the lunatics are running the asylum! It's an absolute disgrace.

[@martynsmithson6908]

Only a coward would pick on a pensioner.

[@JillGalloway-lg7wh]

Well said. Thank you

[@Ady-e2d]

He will hit all of us he is starting with the weak first

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

Non strikers first​@@Ady-e2d

[@pearlford121]

Here here!!!

[@suedavey8711]

@@pearlford121 Hear, hear.

[@WalterGarvin]

In Greece who are considered a poor country the 2nd poorest country in Europe pay their pensioners £323 a week Britain the 6th richest country in the world pay their pensioners £221 a week you couldn’t make it up.

[@pcat1672]

I’m a single pensioner and am horrified, but also for all single households of all ages.

[@redroses247]

If I had all the money in the world. I’d make sure all the pensioners were financially stable and anyone else who was struggling ❤️

[@zandersthorn476]

What is the cost of providing flat screen TVs for illegal migrants and asylum seekers and who pays their TV license fees. How much money is spent giving mobile phones to these people. How much does it cost to feed them. How much does it cost to house them. How much does it cost to protect them how much does it cost to give them medical treatment to provide dentistry ( which I cannot get here in Cornwall ) and so many other things they get for free which we the taxpayer have to stump up for. I gather under the freedom of information act that should allow us to know these things, we are told the information is to be withheld on the ground of safety and mental issues for these people. We don't need to know where they live but we would like to know the costs and I see no reason why this should not be made public knowledge.

[@melvinplant8637]

Just listen to thisGOON IN THE BLUE SHIRT.

[@richardc3194]

The discount should be 50% not 25%.

[@rensha8635]

You still get the same though. Your waste and street is still maintained. What you have suggested there is basically the poll tax.

[@mysterymaverick1982]

​​@@rensha8635 I think what they mean is if there's a couple they go halves it's only 50% each if your single you get 25% discount so you are essentially paying 75% of the cost. If you are a couple you go through more waste etc than a single person.

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@rensha8635 The poll tax was much fairer but people rioted :)

[@jenniferwilgar7485]

I can't believe this guy! So ignorant and disrespectful to our history and culture.

[@saphire9934]

Disgraceful the pensioners who helped make this country what it was 🤬

[@johnallright6847]

They didn't help but they DID MAKE IT WHAT IT IS NOW .

[@davidtams1218]

​@@johnallright6847those who are pensioners now worked all their time paying off the debt we were left with after WW2. You remember that? It was the war to give everyone the freedom they have or rather had today.

[@craigrothwell6144]

@@davidtams1218 Hahahaha LOOK AROUND :)

[@Jennifer-x3m]

Pensioners didn't make it what it is now.poliicians did.snd some young ones thinking all about them.shoukd have left retirement age at 60 women 65 men.

[@johnallright6847]

@@Jennifer-x3m all politicians do is spend taxpayers money and a lot of it on themselves, the people who made Britain great were the industrialists who employed people to make and build homes and buses and gas fires and roads and sewers to name a few , never seen a politician mixing cement or climbing a ladder or mending a car engine like the self employed ,most of these jokers in parliament would cry trying to mend someone's roof in winter, politicians built nothing and made nothing for Britain.

[@2010LeeG]

"if you tolerate this, then your children will be next"

[@samsungcrossland2036]

I live on my own and get single discount on council tax I'm in my 50s .I hate labour big time

[@Angel-j8e]

Just received my letter, ruined my weekend, l can’t financially cope, my home is freezing in the winter and because of this l don’t have my grandson at my home.

[@MsStack42]

@@Angel-j8e I sit for most of the winter with a hot water bottle stuffed up my jumper. 🙄

[@samsungcrossland2036]

@Angel-j8e it's shit I know. I used to have my grandkids every other Friday night but couldn't afford the extra food and having to put heating on when they came .I'm dredging this winter

[@robertrowell7271]

You and about 75% of the population at the moment!

[@robertrowell7271]

​@@MsStack42don't let Labour win, remember they want your house by any means possible!!

[@roxannerobinson9173]

This is why i stopped voting for labour. They're no longer for the real working class & haven't been for a long time.

[@Jen-mf9rm]

They made that clear actually, when Blair announced they were "new labour".

[@jackiemadden4024]

They’re mainly wealthy people in the Labour Party they’re not interested in the working class haven’t been since Blair came into power

[@bettywhiting7699]

I have never voted for these liers, who think only of themselves-still getting heating allowance at a very high rate,not the miniscule amount they now refuse to give pensioners. On top of a salary they do nothing for ,and receive an Inflated pension for. Time all traitors were removed from jobs they are not fit to do.and if they stop giving millions of tax payers money to foreign aid,and supporting invaders in a style Brits could never afford,plus pocket money,a couple of days would see the ever growing black hole dissappear.

[@robertjones8644]

We will have nothing, and illegal immigrants everything

[@garywilson7420]

Remember Starmers paymaster's motto: "You will own nothing. But be happy".

[@russellwilliams1163]

Starmer spread misinformation to deceive the British people . Should he be arrested and charged with spreading lies

[@ClactonCuun]

@@garywilson7420 His paymasters and his overlords, yet people think they are our friends and allies!!!

[@guywas-ere359]

Yup and those illegal immigrants will be forced to do the jobs we refuse to work once we've all left or been arrested and will likely be massively underpaid under the guise of having to repay all the debt they have incurred from the all the free stuff.

[@Anonymous-zg8vi]

I already thought that, Starmer is just letting in all and anyone just because he can, he wants them here because he has a thing about the English he hates us which is why he got the iron rod out, How can an Englishman hurt another Englishman so much. I though we were supposed to defend our fellow man.

[@matthewsteedman3871]

Should of gave pensioners a pay rise instead of unions.

[@peterdockerty6810]

worse pension in europe

[@michaelillingworth6433]

This country needs Reform

[@LicKaLemoN]

Whoever voted Labour, you should be ashamed of yourself. Our country is in decline and two teir couldnt give a care unless your a foreigner

[@joefox50]

I still find it difficult that any sane or conned individual voted for this disgusting government.

[@raymondpomfret4214]

Herr starmer wants the muslim votes, that's who brought him to power

[@pearlford121]

No one will own up to voting labour or they will lose a lot of friends lol. and i bet a lot of old people are more than sorry if they did.

[@samhodgins9804]

Problem is they won't they are so indoctrinated by socialist fairytales they simply bleat maxims that Labour care for them

[@jackiemadden4024]

I didn’t vote Labour I voted reform and will continue to do so this government is worse than the last they are the really nasty party dislike them all

[@33me-]

The widow tax! How low can they go. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@MAHMED-s6h]

Every pensioners should be given winter allowance because they have paid into the system.

[@tilly.....editssssss8056]

Sadly, most are getting back more than they ever paid in 😢

[@kathhardy7076]

Totally agree, would add that it should be taxed, as should all benefits

[@stephenbeevers2565]

I can see thousands of pensioners marching on Downing St and being locked up for booing Starmer and shooing away the police dogs!

[@JillGalloway-lg7wh]

I would. But 4 years ago it cost me £100 to get there , sorry . And I’ve got an awful really painful knee now . Can’t get an appointment though. Was in queue on phone no 37 For GP appointment. SICK OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS GETTING MORE THAN UK CITIZENS.

[@MTknitter22]

Unfortunately, we see no action of that kind. We just whinge.

[@sharonsmith381]

Take Labour to the Human rights courts Pensioners

[@susanyates4233]

What on our income?

[@YakovShani]

Only Humans can be charged for violating Human rights, Commies and their Socialist cousins are inhuman by default.

[@sharonsmith381]

@@susanyates4233On both Winter fuel allowance & Pensions

[@AnthonyMellor-e8s]

Yeah left wing grifter's seem to have plenty of financial support to fund their human rights lawyers. Shame it would be good to see the Starmer and Reeves iparty n the Dock .

[@andrewwilson6085]

This is not as daft as it sounds! It IS an infringement of human rights! (

[@richardyoung1182]

Worst government ever

[@PaulDonnam-xs4kg]

Labour will tax the poor to give to the rich.

[@johnnyboy2459]

Or give to the rest of the world

[@mikecollins1681]

LIEbour are actually creating a wealth fund with all these taxes and other increases at the expense of it's own people in order to pay for the thousands upon thousands of ILLEGALS that have NO right to be here. What they forget is that it is OUR money and NOT theirs to spend. Sick to death of the BULLSHIT they keep spouting on about !!!

[@alanfizzypop9607]

No they will tax the poor to give it to there friends at the top of the pay bands including themelves have you seen any drop in westminsters pay struture ever during a finance crisis the answer is no same as torries all puppets for the rich

[@SP-lw7mr]

Immigrants and minority victims will be the beneficiaries of Labours middle class white guilt.

[@robertrowell7271]

And that is because they wish the elderly and the poor were dead!! More housing available then for all the illegals!

[@goldcard-pj3xq]

Rayner is a shamless and arrogant person. Labour out before the country goes to its knees.

[@TomThumb-d1r]

Train Drivers are now on £75,000, paid for by tax cuts on old pensioners. With the council tax reduction for singles who live alone gone, many will be widowed. They lose £800.00 PY, while Starmer gives himself and civil servants massive pay rises. Not to mention paying for the dingy scroungers. That's just the start.

[@ClactonCuun]

Train ffffkkknn drivers on nearly 80k??? They’re takin the pisssss!!

[@alanfizzypop9607]

WITH THERE PENION PAYMENTS THAT ALSO WENT UP AS ITS PAY RELATED THES PEOPLE ARE ON 100K A YEAR GOD HELP THE INCREASE IN TICKET PRICES TO PAY THEM

[@martynsmith8120]

Time to replace overpaid train drivers with driverless trains.

[@robertrowell7271]

He wants all the poor and pensioners gone, more housing stock for the illegals, does make you wonder if this is his plan? How many people would love to be in a ring with him and boxing gloves only? Form an orderly queue please!!! No jostling now!!!

[@liammiller100]

Why does driving a train warrant that sort of salary lol

[@rohinipatel3037]

Labour should be shameful of targeting the pensioners when millions are sitting home lazing around not working even though they are more than fit enough to work. LABOUR STOP TARGETING PENSIONERS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD ALL THEIR LIFE AND DONE THEIR FULL CONTRIBUTIONS.

[@AlanFagan-y5l]

Why should millionaires get the Winter heating allowance? Pensioners on Pension Credit will still receive it and the increase in pensions should cover what is being lost. The system should be changed where benefits are automatically given without having to claim .

[@gailfinney910]

@user-im8us6sg5d some of us are just over the tax threshold and pay 20% tax....the pension increase has been quoted at £400..take 20% that's £320..take the winter fuel £300..so £20 is the real figure x I was on pension credit and my husband passed away...so I was given a percentage of his pension in leu of widows pension. They added everything together so it takes me to just over the tax allowance x But we've all been herded together and segregated into the poor..the just getting by..just about managing and the millionaires. I personally don't know any . I'm waiting to see if the 25% council tax reduction dissappears. If it does the funeral I've planned for by way of life insurance will now be a straight cremation as I'm damned if il pay to be taxed to be buried . And I'm going to swear..Holy shit !!!!!

[@BrianHunt-h9o]

Why are these mps getting 2nd home heating allowance and people like me only get pension so with fuel allowance and taking the 25 % council tax i will be £600 worse of i hope this government falls as soon as possible

[@alanfizzypop9607]

THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT MATE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS

[@ClactonCuun]

They’re all at it, including our lot the reformers!!!

[@ValTwineDeaner]

Isn't it disgusting. Please sign the online petition to get Starmer out - just Google: Starmer petition. Also, sign the online Age UK petition to get Labour to reinstate the heating allowance for pensioners. Thank you.

[@martynsmith8120]

Why are they getting any allowances and why are being paid more than the minimuim wage given their level of incompetence?

[@sammyj8601]

They disgust me

[@CraigBolt]

Scrap Legal Aid, scrap Foreign Aid, scrap Net Zero, Scrap Non Doms, sack half the chiefs in the NHS, scrap gold-plated pension of civil servants and politicians, slash the number of peers in the House of Lords and limit their age to 67 or retirement age. This would seriously fill most of the £22 billion black hole. If these measures are not carried out then KS and his government should be held accountable.

Spot on

[@liliancarroll3189]

Well said

[@dennisking6972]

I don't believe the 22 billion story. It is feckin made up to cover themselves for what they are doing to get money t legally paid out to pensioners etc. Labour has shot themselves in the foot with this one and hell slap it up them!

[@batwillow]

£8 billion a day to the dingy migrants, ohh I know let's punish the pensioners that have paid into the system all their working life. Enough said !

[@kathleenfederl5121]

And now paying for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND KIER AND HIS BAND OF MERRY MEN WHO LIVE IN THE LAP OF LUXURY !!

[@robertrowell7271]

@@batwillow here is a suggestion all the mps take a pay cut 60k a year instead of 100k,close the borders, pay the train drivers less than they will be getting and stop paying some of the useless civil servants altogether, sack the lot of them, only in if for the cash and their gold plated pensions, time to look after the poor, pensioners and the homeless, put our people 1st!!

[@StraightouttaBristol]

​@robertrowell7271 Congratulations You actually have a functioning brain 🧠 😊

[@Altair885]

where did you get that figure from?

[@gailcrook2687]

I read 16 million a day

[@annscanlan8136]

Labour is certainly attacking pensioners. I am beginning to wonder if they want to drive us into an early grave!

[@bloodmoon1956]

You are absolutely correct

[@liliancarroll3189]

Probably and in the hope of more inheritance tax.

[@user-paul66]

🤬🤬🤬ALL THEY KNOW IS.TAX.TAX.TAX.TAX.TAX.TAX.its all they know🤬🤬🤬🐊Reps

[@annealbrecht396]

Guy in blue does not live in the real world

[@TonyRobertson6]

put starmer in prison

[@markh5461]

Well said Tony

[@ClactonCuun]

@@markh5461 Well said on the….. errr.. well said

[@philliphudson9092]

Aint no room,he needs it for his 'political ptisoners'

[@ClactonCuun]

@@philliphudson9092 Send him to Latvia or estonEstonia or whatever

[@tee331]

Tard and feathered and a swim in the thames

[@selenea7788]

I am on a band higher than my neighbours all because liveable space added to the property does not become apparnt until the property sells. So, Value Office Agency informed me, properties who have made modifications via loft space or extensions does not affect the tax band until the property sells, hence my band rise. Resetting the coucil bands will be interesting. I would like to hear an official response from the OBR about the deficit of our finances and how pay rises can be justified.

[@sierra60]

There are loads of single people who are home owners, including me. I'll really struggle to pay the full amount. I am just managing on my works pension as it is. This Liebour Gov't are a complete disgrace.

[@fabmack1961]

I'm only Renting and i'm behind on my Council Tax right now!! It's impossible to keep my head above water as it is!

[@Earl-Dumarest]

they do not want single people to live in multiple roomed homes. yet these politicians have multiple homes. we are all being mugged off.

[@jacquiaba9132]

Same here it's impossible to pay council tax with 25% off as it is. It should really be 50% to be proportional.

[@tomford3798]

A Prime minister who has had a unique deal from HMRC to protect his pension is funding it from those who have paid the most in to the system ?

[@lsmith992]

And probably contributed more through work too than this pos ever did. What's his record? Allowing Savile through. No charge. Allowing the child groomers through. Likewise.

[@stevehadfield9519]

Let's not forget that stammer cut himself a special law that means he doesn't pay any tax on his own pension - which will be huge !

[@silvermoonuk]

It is not just pensioners who will be affected. I'm a single adult. I'm 40 years old. I'm disabled and cannot work due to my disabilities. So it will be young single adults that will get affected. I do feel for pensioners. But it will be the young or disabled people that will also be affected by these politicians.

[@phillipcarter8045]

Very mean hearted ❤ hitting pensioners like this . A lot of pensioners live alone .

[@Lillilady888]

My 90 yr old dad on his own, sad over loss of my mum. His only joy is his apartment and sky sports. Now hit with all these costs it will finish him. 😢

[@AlanFagan-y5l]

Nothing's been decided about Council tax discount for single people. Pure speculation worrying people.

[@susanshadrake6193]

If the country's funds are finite, and this 'government' has to prioritise, why is it able to find 8 billion for climate nonsense in Africa, 350 million for yet more pointless weapons to Ukraine, billions for potholes in Malaysia?. Leaving aside the train drivers etc, I must conclude that 2TK and Rachel Thieves think that helping the rest of the world is more of a priority to them than looking after British pensioners. This does not look good.

[@Gutter121]

Well done Labour for showing respect and looking after the elderly. Shame on you total DISGRACE

[@Anonymous-zg8vi]

@@Gutter121 This government have no respect for pensioners, working people or our country, I hope they realise what Starmer has don to the Labour Party, they will never win another election ever, labours time has run out, they are finished, who in all honesty would vote for them after this. VOTE REFORM IN FUTURE

[@O.O.O.K999]

I'm a pensioner who has been, and will be hit by Labour who I have little doubt WILL do this. However, I want to speak for the other half of people who will be hit by an abolition of this single occupancy concession. Twenty-five years ago, I was still working and was the single occupant of my property, a house I had gone without a lot e.g. a car, holidays, to get. I earned less than the national average wage, even in my forties. Across the road, a house in the same C.T. band was occupied by five working adults. This regressive tax should be scrapped, not altered to make it worse.

[@wendyelsey7765]

Britain's pensioners are the lowest paid in Europe.

[@margaretcardona2165]

I'm a British pensioner living in Spain. Workers and pensioners get 14 payouts each 12 months ie double pay twice a year.

[@joannal9628]

The same in Poland

[@JOSEPHMARLOW-h6l]

We are witnessing the last days of the labour party.

[@ferretfriend5458]

Yup no one will ever vote for them again

[@Angel-j8e]

I pay my council tax, l don’t use the NHS, l can’t get through to my GP, l haven’t got a dentist because they are full. The police are no where to be seen and we haven’t had our bins collected again. I work full time and spend every Sunday cleaning the streets ..

[@craigrothwell6144]

You have too much time on your hands!

[@carolinemcbride9342]

I feel sorry for the pensioners the government are hitting them hard the pensioners are struggling as it is without them taking there heating allowance they struggle to feed themselves and just get enough to survive just in no more Then pensioners are getting hit with council tax going up Where are they going to get the money from The government is a disgrace

[@johnmccann5104]

If the government cared as much about British people as they do themselves, Britain would be a far better place🇬🇧

[@ryanhowe2]

So is it a priority to take from the poor pensioners and pay for labour mp’s second home energy 😮😮what a joke

[@suzesinger6762]

Barstewards.

[@ChristineRead-ck1uq]

Reeves got £17,600 for her second home last year. Rayner got £32,000. One Labour cabinet member got £40,000.

[@Sandra-t2z8r]

🤬

[@kimhaslam664]

Has the Labour justifier still got a student loan he’s not paying off at more than £900/yr? I’m a minority of one. I am a priority - mine. I’ve paid into the system all my life. I’ve had 6 yrs of pension stolen from me already. If I don’t look after me, I know damned well that he’s not going to. If I’ve paid in, I’m entitled to draw out. It was the contract I agreed to when I started work at 16. All changes since have carried out without my consent.

[@tonymaroni8773]

All those who voted for a Government with no Moral Compass should now be offering us all a sincere apology,

[@jennadecruz2472]

Yes, but I bet anyone who voted for Labour will DENY doing so..

[@alanfizzypop9607]

the vote is joke there all in the pockets of there paymasters in the backround all liers all takers and all self serving bastards

[@martynsmith8120]

To be fair Labour lied their way into lower.

[@marigoldwhite867]

Power

[@KayHutchinson-x1i]

So is that guy happy with freezing our pensioners while the people who travel by water are lovely and warm,fed,and had a few quid in their pockets to spend

[@titanakita1355]

Why not ask the new arrivals to pay for their heating and digs , and not ponce off the tax payers , leave the pensioners alone ,

[@angelacassidy3995]

I agree with you

[@Trendycosmetics-os6gh]

Labour out this September 2024. This is absurd. What really puzzles me is why Ruthless Starmer was even let into number 10 yet we didn't vote for Labour. This muppet needs to rot in jail. Heartless Starmer is evil.

[@danh5637]

There should be no council tax. It’s unapportioned and not properly means tested. And unfair. Couples effectively get a discount a single person pays 75% of what a couple pays. It should be 50% for singles. We’re being penalised for not being in a relationship!

[@MissJensk1]

Couples do NOT get a discount.

[@danh5637]

@@MissJensk1 sure they do. Couples pay the full amount. Singles get 25% off. Ergo per person a single person is paying a higher amount than a person in a couple. Which is de facto a discount for those in relationships.

[@mrsbee8790]

​@danh5637 If there are more than two adult occupants they each pay proportionately even less.

[@Terry-g9j]

I would love to be in a relationship,feels like I'm being penalised for being ugly 😮

[@danh5637]

@@Terry-g9j cosmetic surgery and looksmaxing is increasingly more affordable today.

[@paulross2023]

Rally round Reform, that's our way forword great channel good people in these darck times

[@jennadecruz2472]

Yes…there is a finite amount of money - but only when it comes to British citizens. If you’re illegal..you get HEATING and FOOD, A house and clothes, mobile phone and bank account, electric bike and £53 per week pocket money. You can even go and work for cash in hand, without paying a penny towards the taxes that you’re taking from our children and elderly.

[@robertrowell7271]

You forgot the £100 trainers that they all seem to be wearing, absolutely shameful what this government is doing because they are slowly dismantling the very fabric of society!

[@alanhargreaves-thevoiceofr2361]

+ free mushsroom Bowl haircut .. .

[@PamelaKirkbride-qv6ld]

@@robertrowell7271 dismantling the fabric of this country by design. Then the authoritarian power and control is much easier, when the people are dependant on the oppressors for their existence, they are more likely to obey and less likely to protest.

[@mischlingbeerandcigarman]

Also...where is all the ££££ for Ukraine coming from? Governments can ALWAYS find money for their pet projects, though...

[@suedavey8711]

@@robertrowell7271 That's what they intend.

[@mitchelinquinn4919]

Can't deal with real issues only the weak and vulnerable.

[@ImJustGoingToSay.....]

Labour will never be in office again because of keir stammer, i would never vote labour in my life again and I'm sure thousands are thinking the same. Pensioner paid their tax for years now the government don't want to pay them back but use their money to keep non uk citizens

[@bobandrew8884]

Again? Its not like Labour ever made a secret of who they support and who they want to rub their nose in diversity and it has been that way since Blair at least.

[@MissJensk1]

Well I'm not, because I wouldn't have voted Labour at all.

[@bobandrew8884]

@@MissJensk1 Good for you and at least you have looked at what they have publicly stated they were going to do. I am amazed that anyone who voted for them is surprised by this.

[@susan9188]

Again!. Shame on you for voting for them this time. You obviously didn't do your homework. They haven't been for the working person for years.

[@Lillilady888]

Let my dad live in a hotel for the winter, free heating, disgusting labour govt, i hate u. Truth hurts. 😢

[@user-ho8ds7my7l]

20 billion black hole any excuse .not pensioners fault .stop the boats and it job done .the pri%k

[@ClactonCuun]

There’s no black hole, it’s myth, carried on by every government

[@yulgerulaitis3409]

But they have billions for illegal migrants and Ukraine, instead of supporting their own citizens

[@sidsod1616]

The only black hole in the economy is the one all our taxes go into paying for illegal migrants ,money for overs environmental projects, money to pay off the unions, foreign aid. The money they are taking from pensioners isn't even a pothole.

[@CarolWoodcock-u8w]

It has been stated on a few TV programmes that the state pension is 13,000 per year....this is wrong. The basic state pension is only about £11,500 per year.....

[@saphire9934]

Abolish the government and let the people run the country English and British people ⁉️

[@Lillilady888]

I'm really worried for my 90 year old dad. He lives in retirement flat pays £4000 pa service charge. Can't claim pension credit (just over threshold) and it is such a worry all these extra charges for him. 😢

[@PhillipCraven-yp9jf]

Starmer, Reeves, Raynor and Cooper are the modern day four horsemen of the apocalypse. Conquest, war, famine and death. Book of Relelations.

[@jcb208]

So a single person will have to pay the same as a couple which usually bring in two incomes for,, police, fire social services, library's, children services, school places ect ect

[@saratreadwell5711]

Evil government 😢

[@JB-fk4nq]

It's one thing to increase council tax across the board by why hit just single people. Why are we the only people having this additional tax burden. I put my bins out once a month, compared to the weekly overflowing bins of my neighbours! I don't seem to get anything else for the tax I pay. Sickening!

[@davidfoster2006]

This would actually be quite shocking the widows tax taking money off people with only one income, but getting less out of the local public services it is cynical and nasty.

[@peterbrown5201]

I am a 73 year old pensioner living alone. I don't pay any council tax. Because I get Pension Credit. You must make a claim to see if you are entitled to it. Pension Credit opens many doors.

[@gailfinney910]

And rightly so you are entitled to it x Those who are £1 over get nothing. That is so unfair x

[@sueo7834]

Who is the Pratt in the blue shirt?? 🧐🧐

[@uktrismus]

He’s exactly as you described 😂

[@Susan.j50]

I'm just going to close the curtains lock the doors and give up

[@jongarratt5383]

"by 2030 you'll own nothing"...... WEF,......... Starmer "I prefer the WEF to Westminster

[@MissJensk1]

He said Davos, but yeah.

[@stevenpyne1994]

​@@MissJensk1Maybe he meant that Davos is a more attractive place than Westminster -- Alps versus Inner London? Come on!

[@Trendycosmetics-os6gh]

Yeah right. By end of September 2024 deranged Starmer the muppet will be out of number 10. This is our lives. Our pensioners can't suffer because of unelected ruthless muppet Starmer. Starmer has dug his own grave and he is about to be forced out soon.

[@mattv5935]

Take a break from the internet. I guarantee you don't know who they are outside of conspiracy videos

[@amandahudson2038]

Stnhinonachothe.. it isexacylyes2e wanted. Tnoneaote,lintelour Peary.

[@Mat-kr1nf]

About poll tax, I’d recently bought my first house and was paying about £60 or £80 a year in rates. With poll tax, it went up by £160 a year, to £240 which was bloody outrageous!😩

[@clivebonneywell6967]

Can we not take labour to court for misinformation

[@jongarratt5383]

Council Tax is based on 2 adults sharing...... So single occupiers should receive a 50% discount

[@ruthcollins2841]

Been saying this for years!👏👏👏

[@MissJensk1]

Not really. The council tax is the same if there are 2, 3, or 10 in the house.

[@ChristineRead-ck1uq]

I think England still has a 25% discount for single occupancy but this is yet another benefit Labour want to get rid of.

[@AlanFagan-y5l]

​@@ChristineRead-ck1uqHow do you know Labour want to get rid of the Council Tax discount?

[@terrymanuell4973]

a pension is paid in over years and not a gift

[@JP-mb3zn]

I wonder how many Labour voters wish they could go back to July 4th and change their vote to Reform UK

[@Trendycosmetics-os6gh]

Yeah right. You know what forget Farage the other thug with his Reform ltd company. Conservative won GE and Sunak is coming back as our British PM soon. Farage can't be trusted he is worse than Putin.

[@petefitzsimons727]

Give it a rest hindsight is a wonderful thing

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

Not many, they are by nature dogmatic and self righteous.

[@nixie557]

I've not come across one person yet who DID vote Labour. Don't you find it funny how all the media were talking like Labour had already won way BEFORE the election 🤔

[@JP-mb3zn]

But foresight is better Peter

[@gabrielletanner5339]

As a widow pensioner ive had a tax bill of £125 on my state pension, worked for 38 years. Tv licence £150. Paying as much as a couple

[@Goldensunrise-8]

Disgusting treatment of the most vulnerable

[@gandreas5936]

We paid in under trust. We do not want that trust completely undermined. Our houses are our homes, not another tax source.

[@BionicRusty]

U-Turns on manifesto’s should immediately trigger another general election 🗳

[@equinox95]

25% single person council tax discount affects more than just pensioners. A wide range of people i know personally will be stretched in London.

[@kind-hearted-dimwit]

In my area it will be an extra 375 pound minimum, an extra weeks wages for some.

[@Veron213]

He absolutely hates Old Britains !!!!

[@mda5003]

As regards the Winter Fuel Payments they could have removed it from any pensioner who is currently on 40% income tax leaving the poorer pensioners still getting the payments. Far better than forcing them to claim and beg for pension credit.

[@brians9625]

Truly disgusting. Worst priminister ever ??!!🤑🤑🤮🤮🤢

[@AlanFagan-y5l]

Why? He's proved Labour are the Party of Law and Order sorting the riots. Sorted strikes..he's prepared to be unpopular which is the sign of a good leader

[@AlanFagan-y5l]

Boris Johnson with his half cooked salmonella infested oven ready Brexit deal surely.?

[@Ukhome-s4p]

Give a living pension to all pensioners