Winter Fuel Allowance: Elderly People at Risk as Cold Blast Hits the UK

[@joyplummeridge6940]

Reeves didn't cut the fuel allowance for MPs though. They get upwards of 90 grand a year, why do they need a fuel allowance? Check out what they get for free.

[@MargaretDeakin-d6m]

Yes, I would like to see some cuts in MPs perks just to show that we are all in this together.

[@OliverKitkat]

MPs fuel allowance should be stopped immediately and give pensioners their winter fuel allowance back

[@melodymoore9765]

Please highlight those MPs that claim heating expenses this winter. Please.

[@LindaBacon-r7u]

@melodymoore9765 they all do apparently it's their rights apparently so yeh we lose they gain. allegedly

[@annealbrecht396]

Why do MPs get their utilities paid for, it’s disgusting

[@Belles25]

It is disgusting, especially when they're on £90,000 a year. Taxpayers pay for it.

[@prasiet1]

It wouldnt be so disgusting if they werent making cuts and threatening jobs with the NI increase.

[@davidlawton7845]

Nice to see GMB supporting us pensioners-particularly Richard Madeley..

[@sharonwilliams974]

Richard Madeley is a pensioner…🙄

[@Angie.dyson61]

@@sharonwilliams974He’s still supporting people though. He’s asking the questions.

[@sharonwilliams974]

@@Angie.dyson61 Yep support from a shoplifter who voted for the Tories that enacted Brexit which led to a 40 billion annual black hole in the economy. I bet he never voted for the Labour government who introduced the WFA and pension credits.

[@rhianevans7189]

Two farmers in Wales have taken their own lives because of what the government has proposed for the farmers. How many more people will take their own lives because of government greed ?

[@ElizabethMiller-pk7yb]

I live in the countryside. Fortunately I have a wood burning stove which has saved the day during cold snaps and power cuts. The summer/autumn is spent collecting fallen branches and cutting them up for winter. They are aiming to take this vital source of heat from us too. I used my winter fuel allowance to buy logs. By cutting the allowance late in the year it has given pensioners no warning so they could at least try to prepare for winter earlier. Very cruel and thoughtless of this government.

[@stevewiles7132]

How many houses will burn down because pensioners are desperate to stay warm.

[@elainemackie1431]

You'd get sacked anywhere else for lying in your CV

[@user-ey6rz3fv5y]

Starmer takes the winter fuel allowance away from the British pensioners then hands 7 million pounds to Ukraine this year then 1 billion next year

It’s unbelievable isn’t it.

[@sureshpatel5867]

This government does not care about our elderly people, but they can give money to Ukraine for war. It is freezing outside our elderly and vulnerable people are suffering. This government has also taken away the winter fuel allowance which these people really need.

[@patruddick]

and more funding given to police to arrest people for their thoughts and tweets .

[@mohammedzabar5854]

While he's living a luxury life, everything paid for

[@alexanderevanska4274]

And spends 7 million a day on illegal immigrants.

[@TheDripSpotter]

It’s been so cold today. My Wife and I are at Our wits end worrying about each other and how we are going to keep warm. I can’t believe Labour can be so cruel.

[@HilaryScanlan-nv5hx]

Keep your heating on. Your energy supplier will except lower payment. Let's face it prison will be warmer than your home. They won't jail us all. KEEP YOUR HEATING ON!!!!

[@Stripeysnave]

My wife and I go and sit in reception at our local hospital. Lovely and warm, nice tea, coffee and snacks, TV news, newspapers and books - and free WiFi. The local library is good, too.

[@JaneMacdonald-z2w]

Keep your heating on, keep yourselves warm please, don’t put yourselves at risk. Tell your supplier and they can help. Make sure you put a benefit claim in maybe you can get something. Age concern will help you. Please be safe.

[@TheDripSpotter]

@ Thank You Dear Girl.

[@TeresaConstable]

The Tories did not stop the winter fuel they also gave extra of 3 hundred pound.through the winter .

[@danielrawlings8355]

End all food and drink deliveries into the Borough of Westminster. Stop feeding the Beast.

[@Sodoff-c2b]

The best food for the lowest prices. But they are 'worth it' allegedly

[@patruddick]

and turn all their heating off .

[@annabellmccart269]

Starmer is a total disgrace to do this to pensioners 😡😡😡😡

[@UKProud]

Yet the boat people get everything free

[@jefblack1558]

So true.. look after your own..

[@billybowlegs9734]

I'm 80 years of age. Fortunately I have a bus pass. I have decided to travel all day on various bus route. This will be a good way of keeping warm. I will not be able to pay to heat my home since losing thr WFA. I worry this woman will take away the bus pass

[@Mel87y]

That’s terrible I’m sad you have to do that 😢 there is places set up in local areas to keep warm! Where are you?

@@Mel87yBritain 2024, this stinking government should be ashamed of themselves.

[@billybowlegs9734]

@@Mel87y Thank you for your concern the ffirst bus i can catch is 10.15 am..wich will take me into town. The last bus to home to my village leaves ar 4.30pm. Kind regards

[@daisyduck22]

I have a bus pass but the conservatives took the money off the local council and they have stopped our bus route. I am trapped in. If I had pension credit I could use a taxi to get to the nearest town........then I could go and sit in a coffee shop after looking round the shops.

[@nightmareatno6]

Totally unacceptable!

[@RobertSage-o8x]

As long as all the illigals who come over here are warm thats what matters to this goverment, they will enjoy this winter in there hotels keeping warm, what an absolute discrace this goverment are,

[@Diane53M]

I live in mobile home and most mobile homes use LPG gas (bottled gas|) the price has doubled in 3 years and never came down when gas prices came down, and this winter it has gone up again. We get no help with price caps and it is the same with those using oil, my friend is one of those and they have the same problem. I am one of those that |Kevin talked about who has a small private pension, but due to SIPP I do not get a full state pension, howver the 2 combined takes me over the limit. The cut off should be the minimum wage, also we pay tax on our money as the limit is £12500. before you pay tax which is ridiculous. So not only do I not get help, I am paying tax.

[@wendyreed9682]

So good to see these two together. They are priceless😅

[@maggieattenborrow6725]

The shadow over the Labour Govt. will be the Grave Stones of the elderly who will die this winter because of their complete lact of empathy for their own people whilst they make sure others are warm and well fed, along with other perks!!! I am 81, just taken my little dogs out in the bitter cold, and have now put my heating on IN ONE ROOM !!! for a little comfort. My only income is £201.30 per week, so my savings; a enough for a funeral or maybe any care I might need leading to my demise, which I have been carefully saving whilst I worked (I was 78 when Covid ended my working life) will melt away like the snow that has fallen this morning. Each persons' history is different, and this is a tiny insight to the lives of so many of us who are so obviously dispensable to the Govt. And people sitting in a nice warm studio discussing the plight of those who are beinge shafted makes me angry, because you will all go away to have lunch somewhere in a little bistro with outrageous food with outragious prices! and forget half of what you spouted on about!!! Angry yes!! Bitter No!! Just so sad our Country has sucombed to such standards. There are some fine words that say 'Fine Words Butter No Parsnips'. ( I can't afford butter or Parsnips!!!! )

[@marianogoncalves18]

It's not as if the elderly care about anyone else but themselves. They don't even care about their grandchildren not being able to get onto the housing ladder. 😂

[@ShanePalmer-yo4og]

Well said. Thankfully I am just about OK with my income not to (at this time at least) have to worry. But I appreciate that many people are not as comfortable as I am - and don't get me wrong, I have about £100 excess per month after I've paid my bills etc. So any real increase in fuel costs or anything else, then I too will be worrying. Most pensioners have worked all their lives and have paid into the system, expecting to be able to live out their last years in some comfort. This government are quite despicable in the way they are treating the pensioners, the students, small and large businesses and now the farmers. Where will it end?

[@stanthesteelguitarman8228]

My 71 year old wife spends 2.1/2 days a week looking after our granddaughter, the other grandma the remaining 2.1/2 days of the week, while our son and daughter-in-law both are working in full time jobs just to make ends meet. Whilst I sympathize with the expense of housing today, it is not the elderly who are responsible for prices being out of reach of their children or their grandchildren. They contribute just as much as they possibly can and I take exception to your total misconception of the real situation where the elderly are concerned today.@@marianogoncalves18

[@Diane53M]

@@marianogoncalves18 what. Look up 1978, look at the 1950's we grew up when there were food shortages, then tried to bing up my son when there were all kind of crisis. in 1978 We haven't all had it so good.

[@noramartin96]

@@marianogoncalves18 Speak for yourself. The majority of elderly have made sacrifices thoughout their lives to provide the best for their families .Don't tarnish us with your own bad experiences

[@jefblack1558]

Can my family sue the government if i die from the cold..due to winter fuel allowance

[@tarquin4592]

Do the boat boys have to pay for their hotel heating?

[@joyplummeridge6940]

No, nor their food, laundry, mobile phones and calls, and on top of all that they get pocket money every month.

@@joyplummeridge6940And health care , dentistry and opticians

[@daisyduck22]

@@joyplummeridge6940 and free bus passes

[@BeingD2023]

no and 3 meals a day. more than i have.

[@safeenachoud1903]

😂😂😂 boat boiz 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@maidmarion2976]

They gave no warning this was going to happen. Doubly cruel, IF this had to happen and of course it didn’t the decent thing was to give warning.

[@jeangoodson6919]

Greedy starmer,reeves and Rayner. A total disgrace to our pensioners. But they will pay any amount for illegal immigrants. What is happening 😢in our own country. This horrendous government must be ousted out asap.

[@shirleysmith1713]

Absolutely disgusting 🥲

[@lindatabbah4327]

That’s what the government wants - thousands of pensioners to die - think of the money they will save so they can give it to migrants and Ukraine - by the way I’m a pensioner surviving on £200 a week -dreading this 🥶 winter

[@SandraDent-lf4xy]

If you only have 200 pounds a week you will qualify for pension credit

[@Elvisdukebox]

This won't be forgotten 🤬

[@jujutrini8412]

The government could have made it so that the fuel companies have to pay for the pensioners fuel allowance out of their huge profits.

[@elza148]

Are you kidding, another energy price hike?! we were miss-sold electricity years ago as being a cheap and cleaner fuel source. Cleaner than coal or gas yes, but certainly not cheap! All the pensioners who cannot afford to replace roofs and adapt with solar panels… the schemes need a better solution!

[@montynorth3009]

The basic single State Pension is only £11,500. All they had to do was to position the cut off point at a higher amount payable to ALL pensioners below it, and just forget about Pension Credit complications. By this method, the most vulnerable would still get the money whilst the better off ones wouldn't.

[@joyplummeridge6940]

The theory other political commentators has put forward is the pensioners were targeted deliberately because it was considered they were the ones most likely to have voted for brexit

[@50angeleyes]

Exactly, it’s not rocket science is it. It’s a simple solution to making sure the people who need it get it. I don’t get pension credit but I am by no means well off, very far from it

[@susanhendren8079]

A lot of pensioners are putting heating on for hour or so do there jobs then get back in bed to keep warm for the day

[@patruddick]

true I do that unless I need to go out ,

[@kathleennye262]

Yes done that, flask of tea hot water bottle and back in bed.

[@frankduffy2413]

Shocking

[@WayToManyAssassins]

That's rough.... especially in damp!!!

[@susanhendren8079]

@ it is another thing to do is do 2 meals one in freezer and one on the day also fill flask for drinks through out the day it helps these hopefully will help people not just pensioners with children or younger people on their own I’m grateful for tips that can help in these times

[@rozmarks]

Richard, I love your questions. You're the best ❤

[@enderby4121]

Yes, Richard is by far the best presenter on GMB.

[@melodymoore9765]

Anyone who lies on their CV needs sacking, immediately.

[@sharonwilliams974]

Rachel Reeves has a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, try again…🤔

[@aglaisio]

@@sharonwilliams974 what is the relevance to that to being an accountant, banker or mathematician given that there is very little stats or maths in the program? It is a typical generalist degree targeted at those entering the civil service because British society values generalists over specialists. Stewart Wood former advisor to Ed Milliband said.... "In the politics part of PPE, you can go three years without discussing a single contemporary public policy issue". Hence once again this demonstrates that Labour are con artists and shills.

[@sharonwilliams974]

@ It is entirely relevant. Did Jeremy Hunt work for the Bank of England & he had a similar degree… But then again he was a man. She worked for Lord Mervyn King as an Economist for 6 years he was interviewed the week before the budget on Sky. Hence once again this demonstrates the misogynistic behaviour towards women who are successful. Good day and goodbye 👋🏾 👋🏾👋🏾

[@DeanHuish]

They will blame it on something else

[@davidgalbraith694]

😂tesco billions in profit last year more self service tills and less checkout operators already resulting in job losses and more profits these companies can afford it

[@marymodolo9527]

People should wake up and stop using self check outs.

[@kolynegordon9364]

Why should we go somewhere else to get warm?

[@Moonlight-sonata-t9r]

In first world country like the uk no one should die!

[@TheShellw1977]

The labour government are coming to an end 🎉🎉

[@enderby4121]

Yes, the Labour government IS coming to an end, in 2029.

[@bloodmoon1956]

I think so,it won’t be long 👍🙂

[@davidgalbraith694]

Again utility companies are making 10s of millions in profit that is the real issue not the means testing of this allowance would people prefer the tories and a privatised health service with pensioners having to find hundreds of pounds a year for health insurance or thousands for a winter hospital admission

[@linedriver1]

I can see my breath! Cannot afford to put on my heating!

[@michaelpascoe9663]

If you get £221.00 you can't get the befit as we are £3.00 to much??

[@transitfran1126]

The farmers don't have a choice they have to work early hours late nights and long days in all weather's, rain hail sleet snow ice and wind, I have less than 64p on my gas meter to last me a week that's cooking and hot water, but why spoil the government's narrative we pensioners are loaded , I slept last night with a woolly hat and large jumper on. Roll on next week I can buy gas for another 2 weeks but the heating is on 15mins a day , to stop pipes freezing over , so don't think we are all rich retired benefit cheats ,

[@sylviaastle7838]

They JUST don't care end of 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@jdizzle1779]

This budget is an economic growth killer. This is why you should have an economic background as chancellor

[@robertstubbs8062]

It wasn't just introduced as a winter fuel payment but it was also to help with the cost of living increases.

[@chrisfigures6756]

Maguire is such a bull.......g labour mouthpiece,does he believe what comes out of his own mouth

[@jujutrini8412]

I think he believes what he says ie that people will die because of Labour’s decision on winter fuel allowance.

[@macsmiffy2197]

What makes him any different to the Tory mouthpiece that is Andrew Pierce, apart from the fact he confirms your view of the world?

[@chrisfigures6756]

@@macsmiffy2197 Where do I say I believe Andrew Pierce either?

[@janeday9148]

Everyone I know are disgusted with Starmer & Reeves & will certainly not be voting for them again ,the disgraceful way they are treating the Elderly is shameful

[@LB-my1ej]

I’ve just turned one heater on can’t afford anything else and it’s a worry, I’m 76 but I won’t have charity

[@tonychorley4936]

Benefits are not charity, they are a right paid for by your years of paying tax, please do apply.

[@margarethughes3763]

Librarys in my area closed.

[@maudwelford7919]

I don’t need it, but there are thousands who do, it’s disgusting 👿🤮🙈👹🥶😰🤢🙇‍♀️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇬🇧

[@debbiebirch244]

She still lied on her c v and should be questioned by the police for fraudulent activitys we would get in trouble especially in the position she applied for 😮😮😮

[@wendyadams5232]

They wont be able to bring people back will they?I woke to snow which was a shock but put on thermal vest etc. very hard to be cold when over 80 as I am. The savings were for residential home which is £1500 pew week minimum. f we spend all saved for that who pays residential bills?????

[@RobinHarding-ep1ud]

My Dad still alive , born in 1933 how’s he supposed to go on line and apply for gods sake ! Reeves fiddles ,rewriting her CV for a job in ASDA in the complaints dept .

[@jadeprice2655]

Could you help him online?

[@RobinHarding-ep1ud]

@ yes I’ve got that covered , other poor souls haven’t got anyone , that’s the deepest point .

[@jadeprice2655]

@@RobinHarding-ep1ud shame..... Looks like I'm going have to start paying alot more into my pension if I wasnt to keep warm.... In my retirement

[@GarethNorthwood-s8n]

This just proves she has lied on her CV and exaggerated her worth, this is also apparent in her budget forecast.

[@iloveharrold]

libraries are closing. Mine is this Christmas

[@Diane53M]

Nice to see Kevin and Andrew on the same side with WFP.

[@MikeKey-y7l]

Because farming land has increased excessively, and is not a true reflection of the farmers wealth, their land is only a tool, not an asset.

[@louisbaker4362]

Who is going to want to go into farming knowing there will be a massive tax bill on their estate. I think the biggest problem with this is going to be the rise in the cost of food.

[@mjl2904]

There are ways to avoid paying the IHT. If you do end up paying it is 20% over £1m in assets and you have 10 years to pay the bill. This is as opposed to regular people that pay 40% over £325k on their estate, £500k if you also own a property but only have 6 months to pay the tax bill. Yes the farmers now are not exempt and have to pay but it is generous compared to the average person. Only 4% of people actually pay IHT I don’t think many farmers will fall into that category as many will be able to avoid by passing on to spouse or gifting the farm.

[@jadeprice2655]

​@@mjl2904that's a really interesting way to look at it... And makes sense thanks

[@andrewwilson3448]

It seems that government (and Kevin Maguire) have forgotten that farms are businesses not family assets.

[@thomasanders1314]

I have an image from a London bus of an older English lady who was so kind although having some health issues, having a chat about afternoon tea.

[@MyMargo111]

I am 67 suffer from chronic pain my heating didn’t go on last year and this year will be the same.

[@burchelwinkler9778]

It is very sad that u don't put ur heating on;if I was u I'd put it on;the elderly don't deserve this;

[@bloodmoon1956]

Yes,put it on,they can’t lock you up!

[@JustTakeAMoment]

This bloke defending the position of government highlights here the best possible position but doesn't consider the worst position. The key difference between people like myself and farmers is that they are running a business and ordinary folks aren't. The future of their business is dependent on being able to pass the business on without inheritance tax. After all, big business is not subject to inheritance tax because it's publicly owned. This creates an unfair advantage to corporates to remain large and keep growing whilst impairing family run businesses.

[@heatherskidmore887]

You said £25 cold weather payments but you do realise that you also have to be in receipt of pension credit to qualify for that as well !!!

[@JaneMacdonald-z2w]

When did any government not have a deficit to deal with?

[@Anntony]

Scary,kids,(no increase in Child benefit)pensioners, farmers, next Sick and Disabled, the budget is unravelling, we need a different Chancellor, pronto.😢

[@bloodmoon1956]

We need a different government,end of story

[@barados2006]

I'm getting £16700py as a pensioner and just about manage, but i will worry about fuel costs. This is no reason for prices to go up, these big company's make enough profit. Disgraceful.

[@judithmorganjudyteen]

You qualify

[@daisyduck22]

Now people on pension credit are better off than pensioners who have also got a very small private pension just over the pension credit limit. They are also getting a bonus from the electric companies. Even pensioners on the new pension are better off than us.

[@annheaton8150]

love andrew pierce

[@JustTakeAMoment]

The most conservative figures put the number of deaths as a consequence of over 4,000 and that is the bottom end. This year, the Winter is set to be cooler than the last few years of winters and this will make a difference to those that are just over the threshold for pension credit. Remember pensioners will get an increase in April that will take some people out of pension credit which will put further people at risk. Nature's early indicators probably put this winter in progress close to being one of the worst in the last 14 years. We'll have to see, but that is nature for you. There are indicators and with the last coal fired power station closing, the reduction in cloud production close to where we live will result in lower average temperatures in our area. We do live in rural Britain and temperatures are several degrees lower than in large towns and cities.

[@Triveni-v8q]

Why Kevin keeps interrupting every time when someone els is talking?

[@sharonwashington8150]

NO MP WILL BE COLD THIS YEAR! take note. We pay to keep THEM warm.

[@elizabethlovelock9613]

They should have said that anyone receiving a private pension of over £20,000 a year should not receive the benefit. That would have made it fairer.

[@EagerSchnauzer-mq4xn]

50p over the limit is what my mum found out so she had to pay for everything ..we had her in our house in a flat but we could let her use as much heat as she needed …there should be a somewhat sliding scale ..

[@Royboy50]

Starmer promises to freeze energy bills in his manifesto

[@robertmiller474]

Please replace Kevin

[@richardevans3253]

Wouldn't it be better to have a windfall tax on the energy companies or better still . Bring Gas and Electric back into public ownership.

[@sharonwilliams974]

Why does the Daily Mail Andrew Pierce’s employer not pay tax in the UK, perhaps if people stopped avoiding paying tax then there would’ve been no need to means test the WFA.

[@youarewhatyouare]

They got rid of the iron mongers then the fish and chip shops now the elderly

[@RickGibson-i5y]

ITV are weak when it comes to challenging the government. Scared.

[@alanfrost4661]

Oh dear sausage man not what you wanted

[@kathleennye262]

What if we can’t get out though to get to a warm zone…that’s ridiculous ..some elderly can’t walk far and also we are told to stop indoors if it’s bad or slippy icy weather.

[@doubleana9184]

Retailers hiked the prices for last few years. Now the got their lies to hike it up more

[@Dark_Embracer]

Need to get a Pensioner MP to represent the Pensioners as they are losing their Winter Fuel Allowance. Already work in place to get a Farmer MP to represent Farmers.

[@Mistermoomoo24]

You voted for them 😂 reep what you sow

[@davidthomson4102]

All this talk is marvellous, but it won’t heat the pensioners homes on one of the coldest days of the year… it’s disgusting, and in the meantime Stamer and his entourage fly around the world… how much is that costing us, the taxpayers

[@margaretmullen2446]

It's nice to see the rich having a meltdown because they have to pay a fairer tax. These rich farmers had the tories in their tax avoidance corner for fourteen years. Now it's time to claw some of the tory policies of this avoidance back. The rich should be paying their share but always find loopholes

[@JiffyHand]

The issue is that some pensioners residing in rural areas reliant on oil heating or gas refill tanks, where mains services are unavailable, cannot afford to refill their tanks. When these tanks run empty, they face the additional challenge of needing to prime their boilers.

[@daisyduck22]

I live in rural a village with oil or LPG it is expensive the prices go up and down like the temperature. The £300 was a good help in winter. But this year I will have to settle for no heating till late afternoon. I can't even jump on a bus to get to town to the library and to shop, as county council don't get a grant from the government to provide a bus service.

[@JiffyHand]

@@daisyduck22 In the village, there is a 77-year-old woman. She has been without heating oil for over two weeks, and her oil burner need priming. Fortunately, we had someone knowledgeable to rectify that. and few of us contributed and paid for some heating oil , but the minimum that could be order was 500 litres, expensive at £356. I live in a smallish Village so we are looking out for the pensioners but it's not happening everywhere people are just selfish don't care

[@daisyduck22]

@@JiffyHand I am fortunate my family are good to me and will help in January if I need to order oil. But it is good of your village to help others. But sad that the government at such short notice took our independence away. Others aren't as lucky as your neighbour or me.

[@carolfeltham7693]

I hope I do die, I’m 75 this week and have always supported Labour but I fell out of love for them when they put Starmer as leader, the disgusting campaign he and his so called cabinet raged against Corbyn was disgusting. We got what we voted for but I’ve been shouting for years about the apathy from the public and to wake up and smell the bull**it.

[@blondiejam924]

Sit on the bus to keep warm as long as they don't take our bus pass away .Liebour will be OK they even get it for a second home its disgusting

[@nicolebrumskill8486]

My mum has heart failure so she feels the cold even in summer she was cold she's lost her winter fuel allowance and only has 1000 pounds a month to live on

[@kathleennye262]

We need help for the winter, why cut fuel allowance from us all? I’m sorry to say it but people will die without it. Is this every year now, or could it be reinstated? We are in our seventies but I’m glad our parents aren’t here to see this mess the politicians have made of this. It’s like “culling the elderly”

[@LindaBacon-r7u]

yes Kevin we know old people die during winter but what we are saying is that the number will go up not down now do you understand that! you are well off so no problems for you but can you please tell us why is it on the wages that ks rr ar get their fuel bill paid by the government?

[@ritalamsley6846]

Shes not qualifed for the job

[@chizokotorecords]

Stopped watching this program in the morning as I prepare for the day. It is so depressing.

[@veethompson4685]

Cold weather payments are only given out when the temperature gets 0° and below! Even though the temperatures round my area will be 2°/3° during the day and -2° overnight! So we will not get it! PLUS, it has to be 0° for SEVEN days consecutively before it is paid out!

[@paulgilliland2992]

The actual pension credit application is not that complicated. What is complicated is the inevitable denial which I’m told is standard operating procedure. I can attest to this because I applied and got a 3 page series of 12 questions which where very intimidating and very personal .

[@maureendavies7866]

I’ve got the small gas ring on and stay in the kitchen all day. Then at night my electric blanket is on at 8pm

[@maylomax9856]

The pensioners put them in but the pensioners will bring them down

[@steveb3060]

By Susanna Reid's reckoning she must think she's technically the best part of a century old.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@angelabroom2861]

Well I didn't lie on my CV when I applied for any of my positions as a qualified nurse and I if I HAD and was found out I would have been struck off and not allowed to work as a nurse again!!!! One rule for "them" another for us slaves...... Nothing new here....

[@stevewalsh-balshaw1727]

It's a pity millions of our elderly are suffering because of a cruel cross decision ytake a few quid off them shame on those MPs who voted this in

[@davidreid8075]

Freeze Reeves.

[@maudwelford7919]

All sooooooo very true, disgusting behaviour 👿🤢👹♨️🥸🧌🥶🙈🤮🙏🇬🇧