Cross Question with Ali Miraj 29/07 | Watch Again

Ali Miraj was joined by:
Lord Eric Pickles - Conservative peer, UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues, former Chairman of the Conservative Party and former Communities and Local Government Secretary
Torcuil Crichton - Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Cat Neilan - Political Editor of Tortoise Media
Linda Yueh - economist, writer and broadcaster
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[@dotty1774]

Proud to not have voted for Labour for the first time. Keeping kids in poverty, Removing Winter fuel payments on pensioners which Age Uk say will hurt 2 million pensioners. Meanwhile they wont do a wealth tax or make those who make money off investments pay a similar amount of tax as those do with Work. They're putting Billionaires Wealth over Children's & Pensioners Health.

[@deco2132]

I actually think Eric Pickles is correct on this - its claimed this will save £1.5billion - but that doesnt account for those who are eligible for pension credit who are not claiming it. All Pensioners will now be looking at whether they can claim and in reality it will probably not end up saving much cash at all once the eligible new claims are approved. I will certainly be advising my poor old Mum to look into it and apply.

[@PottersbyInnes]

Why is it so hard to tax the super rich?

[@dilkumar192]

Well, can our Leaders start paying for their own food? And rent? I mean are you for real? An MP, a Lord whatever, grown adults depending on the benefits. Do they REALLY need help. Greedy people. Greedy families. Nepotism with one hand out begging for donations and the other hand stuffing their banks with pay from other jobs.

that Labour guy is MP for something that sounds like what a drunken scouser might shout..!

[@rosarose3443]

Oh desr it's not me its him. The fiscsl report is available to all parliament etc.

[@OrsteinGames]

Rich old people not getting free money anymore, oh no!

[@deco2132]

Hardly rich though are they? Dont forget one day you will be a pensioner.

[@OrsteinGames]

You mean the generation that have had a triple lock state pension, cheap housing, free higher education, right to buy, low interest rates, affordable mortgages and rents, a functioning health service, the ability to have one partner working and the other able to stay home and take care of the kids, cheaper public transport and I could go on and on and on. Im sure you’re right though, a generation that’s had all of the above and more certainly shouldn’t have to sacrifice a little for a younger generation to have even a fraction of what the preceding generation had.

[@deco2132]

@@OrsteinGames The only real negative that todays current generation have in comparison to pensioners is house prices. My parents (only one left now unfortunately) during the 80's were paying upwards of 15% interest rates. They also saw 3 major banking crisis which wiped out their savings/ investments. Considering how many pensioners die each winter due to hypothermia I would say it would have been a better idea to keep the winter fuel allowance.

[@OrsteinGames]

@@deco2132 Firstly, it won’t affect the pensioners that are not well off as it’s not a complete stop to the WFA. Secondly, your parents were paying 15% on a relatively tiny mortgage compared to what my generation has to. Thirdly, you completely wrote off my list of differences and just cherry picked something you think lent weight to your side of the argument but didn’t. How do you respond to the rest of the differences I listed? And finally, my generation have had 2 financial crashes, a pandemic, a European war and leaving the EU happen to us all during the years of our lives where we should have had our highest earning power. Please remind me again of the opportunities we’ve had that the boomers have?

[@peterduncan-smith463]

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