Here we go again !!! - Another Manifesto commitment broken !!!

This scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' are playing ducks and drakes with peoples income and their very lives in order to save the scumbags from being thrown out of office so soon !!!

If they do not hold to their manifesto promise, they will lose the 'grey vote' across the country and thereby be out of power as a government for the next fifty years !!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again - BASTARDS THE LOT OF THEM !!!



'They won't believe a word he says': Anger over fears of Rishi Sunak pensions U-turn

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt
28 October 2022, 5:22 pm

The UK's leading charity for older people has said millions will be left with "no chance of making ends meet" if the government fails to keep its promise on the pensions triple lock.

Age UK warned any backtracking by Rishi Sunak would be regarded as a "blatant breach of faith" and that people wouldn't be able to believe a "word any of them say".

On Thursday, Downing Street acknowledged there is uncertainty on whether the triple lock for state pensions will be maintained, despite Sunak promising to stick to the 2019 election manifesto on Tuesday.

Sunak is faced with trying to fill a reported £50bn black hole and is expected to unveil public spending cuts and higher taxes in the coming weeks.

He has pledged to "fix" the mistakes of Liz Truss, with chancellor Jeremy Hunt warning decisions of "eye-watering difficulty" ahead on tax and spending.

The pension triple lock guarantees that state pensions grow each year in line with whichever is highest out of: earnings, inflation or 2.5%.

Read more: What is the pension triple lock and could it be scrapped?

Caroline Abrahams, director at Age UK, has warned that a failure to uphold the triple-lock would be devastating for millions of pensioners already living on the breadline during the cost-of-living crisis.

"The physical health effects on those affected would be severe but, if anything, the psychological impact would be even worse, due to the acute stress and anxiety this would cause," she told Yahoo News UK.

"We are already hearing from older people who say they don’t think they will survive the next few months; we’re clear that abolishing the triple lock would mean we’d hear from many more."

Recent data shows that poverty among pensioners is growing, with data analysis from Centre for Ageing Better in March revealing one in five pensioners live in poverty - an increase 200,000 on the previous year.
Abrahams also emphasised that the government's 2019 manifesto promised to protect pensioners from any cuts to their pensions, and warned there would be "political consequences" if they reneged.

"The 2019 Conservative manifesto pledged to keep the triple lock during this parliament and our new prime minister has said his intention is to implement it - indeed his party has said this is why there is no immediate need for a general election," she said.

"In addition, his immediate predecessor, Liz Truss, very publicly pledged to abide by the triple lock just last week.

"If Rishi Sunak decides to ditch the triple lock now, older people would be entitled to conclude that they can’t believe a word any of them say. It would indeed be a blatant breach of faith.”

Read more: Austerity cuts could be as deep as 2010, experts warn as energy bills set to hit £5,000

It comes as Labour calls for a general election, warning that breaking manifesto pledges - including the pension triple-lock - betrays the mandate the government were given by the public.

"If the argument that Conservatives are making is ‘The things we promised in our last manifesto can no longer be afforded because we crashed the economy’, then I think they have a responsibility to go back to the voters and ask them for permission for the plan that they want to pursue in order to fix the damage they’ve done," said shadow health secretary Wes Streeting on Thursday.

“We will happily compare our plan with this and let the people decide.”

 

Following an email I sent to my MP concerning the Government's reneged promise on Pensions and Benefits increases, I wrote to my MP - this is her response !!!


Thank you for writing to me about the Government's pensions triple lock promise. I know that it is becoming increasingly difficult for many pensioners to make ends meet and I have long supported the triple lock policy.



It is totally unacceptable that the triple lock promise is now under threat, that there have been so many mixed messages from the Government in recent weeks, and that there is still no certainty for pensioners. On the 3rd of October, the previous Prime Minister, Liz Truss, said that the Government would maintain the triple lock. This followed previous Government statements soon after she became Prime Minister in September that reaffirmed a commitment to the triple lock. For example, a response to a petition on 21 September stated: “The Government has committed to implementing the Triple Lock in the usual way for the remainder of the Parliament.” 



However, before she left office, the then Prime Minister’s spokesperson indicated that she was no longer committed to defending the pensions triple lock, signalling it was up for renegotiation.



As you are no doubt aware, her successor Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has thrown the future of the pension triple lock into further doubt after launching a ‘review’ of all his previous pledges.



This is very concerning. Please be assured, I will continue to do all I can to push the Government to keep their promise to reinstate the triple lock next April, as one important way of helping all pensioners keep up with the soaring cost of living. 



I am also very concerned about low take up of Pension Credit and a lack of commitment from the Government to uprate all benefits with September's CPI inflation rate of 10.1%. I will also continue to push Ministers on both these points.



Hearing from constituents really does add power to my elbow in making the case to Ministers that they must keep their triple lock promise, so thank you for writing to me at this worrying time.

 

I'm guessing your local MP isnt a conservative and highly likely is a Labour MP.Personally I have no confidence or love of Sunak but as yet it remains an unbroken promise.Arent you trying to let the dogs out before you open the door?

 

Entirely wrong matey, but since you are clearly either a member, accolyte or supporter of the scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' I will say that my MP (who I happen to know personally), has more 'Socialist' nouse in her than Keir Starmer ever had !!!

As to the threat to the triple lock, Sunak has already stated that it is once again 'being reviewed', notwithstanding that Liz Truss committed the scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' to the triple lock for pensions only five weeks ago !!!

 

Now Andrea Leadsom - another senior member of the scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' is sticking her 'oar' in and trying to muddy the waters even further !!!

The scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' have not only promised as part of their manifesto commitment to maintain the triple lock on benefits and pensions, but both the previous two Prime Ministrers also committed the party to doing so also.

We must make sure these scumbags do not get to renege on their commitments to Benefit claimants and pensioners !!!


Pensions triple lock could be means tested as rich OAPs 'don't need it', senior Tory says
Connor Parker
3 November 2022, 5:35 pm
The triple lock on pensions could become means-tested because many richer OAPs "don't need it", a senior Tory has suggested.

The government is currently trying to find a way to plug a hole in the nation's finances and many have pointed to the triple lock as an area where money could be saved.

The triple lock guarantees the state pension will rise by whichever is higher: 2.5%, average wage growth or inflation.

It has been criticised for giving more money to wealthy pensioners while the rest of society has seen their wages only grow slightly for the past decade.

According to the Office for National Statistics, almost three-quarters of over-65s own their homes outright and nearly 70% have a private pension.

Speaking to Times Radio, senior Tory backbencher Andrea Leadsom said the government should consider changing the way the triple lock worked to make it more means-tested.

She said: "For people who are on a fixed pension and are relying on a state pension they are not well off, many are struggling and particularly with food prices and energy prices where they are, even with government support they are really really struggling.

"There are many wealthy pensioners who own their own homes who have got private pensions etc who don't need that triple lock, so in my view, it may be the time now to start looking at some form of means testing."

Last year, the government suspended the triple lock after wages grew by 8% due to the impact of furlough and other policies that supported the economy through the pandemic.


The government promised the suspension would only be temporary and that it would return for the next financial year.

In the interview, Leadsom pointed to this previous promise as a reason why it would be very politically difficult for chancellor Jeremy Hunt and prime minister Rishi Sunak to back away from it now.

The Tories also committed to keeping the triple lock in the 2019 election manifesto.

Both Sunak and Hunt have refused to commit to maintaining the triple lock in their upcoming fiscal statement on 17 November.

Many campaign groups have warned against getting rid of the triple lock saying pensioners who rely on it wholly for their income are already facing many hardships.

Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said many pensioners are already cutting back on spending due to the cost of living crisis.

They are even going as far as to cancel their care, which Abrahams argued would have a knock-on effect on the NHS.

She said: "That’s why the government must restore the triple lock and raise both benefits and social care funding in line with inflation."

When Number 10 was been pressed on whether the government will keep the triple lock the PM's press secretary said: "He will do what’s right and compassionate for the most vulnerable."

 

yeah matey...like i said......your jumping the gun.....not a broken promise yet.

 

Let me just remind you how you headed up this thread....just in case you've forgotten :

Here we go again !!! - Another Manifesto commitment broken !!!

Need I say more?

 

And let me remind you - Liz Truss has already promised to increase pensions in line with inflation before she resigned, confirming the election manifesto promise, whereas Rishi Sunak has not confirmed that commitment and there is serious doubt that he will.

 

Like I have said twice now.....STILL NOT A BROKEN PROMISE ....not until it happens.Dohhhh.

 

Not a broken promise (yet) because people like me are campaigning against it and pushing him into making the correct decision, against his personal choice.

 

RIGHT.