Post by tiddles on Jul 27, 2012 14:15:20 GMT 1
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Has she NO shame? This woman spends her time being feted and lionised at functions throughout the land, does she actually need to buy food or energy? She regularly makes broadcasts for which she receives fees and to be frank, spends very little time at home. As a elderly patient was said, "That woman spends her life in taxis at my expense". How true.
She also had little or nothing to say about her Labour allies when they presided over the real terms reduction in pensioner's incomes. Still, they got her an MBE.
OAP Nell McFadden, 85, says she is worse off now than she has been in years - despite budgeting throughout her entire life.
The pensioners’ rights campaigner, of Gourock, Renfrewshire, is chairwoman of Inverclyde Elderly Forum and sits on 16 other community groups.
Question 1: “I am worse off now. Utility bills have gone up quite considerably, prices of food have gone up in the shops, while everything has been cut in size, so you get less than you used to, and in the last year or so, I have noticed by the time you get to the till the final bill is far more than it used to be.
Question 2: “I come from quite a poor background, and have always lived on a budget. A budget is part of my life, but recently I have had to budget harder and have to see if there are things reduced in price in the shops.
“I don’t buy anything I’m not going to use, but still have to budget for everything else.
“Older people don’t want to be in debt to anyone, and don’t want a bill coming in we can’t afford, so we have to keep cutting back.”
Question 3: “I can only see things getting worse over the coming years. There has been talk of taking away the pensioners winter fuel allowance. If we had a decent pension in the first place we wouldn’t have a lot of these problems.
The pensioners’ rights campaigner, of Gourock, Renfrewshire, is chairwoman of Inverclyde Elderly Forum and sits on 16 other community groups.
Question 1: “I am worse off now. Utility bills have gone up quite considerably, prices of food have gone up in the shops, while everything has been cut in size, so you get less than you used to, and in the last year or so, I have noticed by the time you get to the till the final bill is far more than it used to be.
Question 2: “I come from quite a poor background, and have always lived on a budget. A budget is part of my life, but recently I have had to budget harder and have to see if there are things reduced in price in the shops.
“I don’t buy anything I’m not going to use, but still have to budget for everything else.
“Older people don’t want to be in debt to anyone, and don’t want a bill coming in we can’t afford, so we have to keep cutting back.”
Question 3: “I can only see things getting worse over the coming years. There has been talk of taking away the pensioners winter fuel allowance. If we had a decent pension in the first place we wouldn’t have a lot of these problems.
Has she NO shame? This woman spends her time being feted and lionised at functions throughout the land, does she actually need to buy food or energy? She regularly makes broadcasts for which she receives fees and to be frank, spends very little time at home. As a elderly patient was said, "That woman spends her life in taxis at my expense". How true.
She also had little or nothing to say about her Labour allies when they presided over the real terms reduction in pensioner's incomes. Still, they got her an MBE.
