Shocking

Social media has its good points. #ShameOnYou is trending at Twit. People are naming their MPs who voted in support of Reeves, with pleasing little quotations from what they said about how much they want to support the poor, hungry, sick, old when they were trying to get elected. Or else just quoting Reeves, who once Tweeted: "I'll never forget a woman in Leeds West I once spoke to who had purple fingers because her pension wasn't enough to pay for the heating. We must act now."

@Catherine21 I was very shocked at how badly some pensioners have been affected by this new legislation.

I have a friend that doesn’t qualify for pension credits through no fault of her own. Her husband died suddenly, leaving her with unpaid debts. So is such a proud woman that she’s paying the debts despite my advice. She hardly balances the books now. She’s afraid to put her heating on in winter, and her flat is owned by a private landlord. She can’t afford to move, and her flat is not well maintained. I plead with her to report her living conditions, but because she comes from an older generation that don’t complain she is living in totally unsuitable accommodation and I doubt she will survive a cold winter.
The treasury owes £24B. The money the government will gain from this is £1.4. I would urge the Chancellor to reconsider this, even at this late hour, she could think about a better way to pay off the National Debt than targeting many people who do rely on this extra money to survive. This shocked me from the day she announced it so callously.

I agree @Catherine21

My fiancé helps my youngest sister and one of our friends out with their gardens when it's nice enough weather to.

Now there is such a large majority in parliament for Labour, they will get away with anything. Please check on any elderly in your neighbourhood. Many of these folk won’t ask for help. Pension credit should be applied directly. The elderly won’t ask for it. Lifting our tax allowances which are frozen, would help millions. We all know what can happen when people lose hope. Last year the government made sure all elderly people got £5/600 in allowances and help for winter. I’m shocked Rachel Reeves can claim £4,000 over the last few years on her second home heating bill, yet deprives those on very low pensions of a few hundred quid. And the woman she spoke to with purple hands because of the cold? Well, obviously, that was before she gained control. And Rachel the train drivers £12k. raise, £500 more than the total full pension many millions worked all their lives to obtain. Absolute treachery.