What an utter disgrace all round. And I suppose the illegal dross invading this septic isle will be better off than my wife and I, in our 70's, who worked for over 40 years each?Doesn't make one proud to be British at all. God help us if we get another 4-5 years of the shower in power now - we may as well all give up.
That only the half of it - the state pension for me is income - so any warned money beyond that is taxed - but for the shirker the pension is a benefit not an income so they can earn another £12540 before paying tax !
Running hot water in every house in the country, being able to order any product from anywhere in the world to be delivered to my front door the next day, and life expectancies over 80 tell me people are "richer" (whatever that means) today than they were in 1975 and 1900.