Fwd: Office of Laura Trott MP (Case Ref: LT41881)

[Chris Hill]

No go on not taxing state pensions, not unfreezing expat pensions,, or presumably not cutting 2p of NI bringing pensioners into higher tax band!

Standard civil service response but Tories would like your support in General Election as we've kept the triple lock??? 😜

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From: Laura Trott MBE MP <laura.t...@parliament.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024, 18:28
Subject: Office of Laura Trott MP (Case Ref: LT41881)
To: <christophe...@gmail.com>

Dear Christopher,

Thank you for your email and for sharing the Organise Members’ Pensioner Manifesto, which I have read with interest.

I am sorry to read that you were disappointed by the measures announced in the Spring Budget. However, if we are to be fiscally responsible, the only way we can fund crucial policies such as the Triple Lock is through a growing economy, which the Budget delivers through the cuts to National Insurance Contributions. The OBR say that the net impact of recent fiscal events (including the NI cuts) is to get the equivalent of 250k more people into work and increase growth by 0.7% of GDP. The latest figures also show that because of our clear and steady plan, the economy has grown by a further 0.6% in the first quarter of 2024 – which is brilliant news.

While Conservatives would like to further decrease the tax burden, unfortunately, raising taxable income thresholds is considered by the OBR to be inflationary and I firmly believe we must not risk losing the good progress we have made on tackling this issue. Thanks to action taken by this Conservative Government – such as holding down energy bills and taking responsible decisions with the public finances – inflation has more than halved from its peak of 10.7 per cent in November 2022 to 3.2 per cent in March 2024.

However, this Government’s commitment to support pensioners remains unwavering. To that end, I would like to take the time to outline the actions we that have already taken to give pensioners the dignity they deserve after working their entire lives.

As you will be aware, when I was the Pensions Minister, I oversaw the State Pension rising by its largest ever amount, increasing by 10.1 percent. The full yearly amount of the basic State Pension is now over £3,700 higher, in cash terms, than in 2010. That’s £790 more than if it had been uprated by prices, and £945 more than if it had been uprated by earnings (since 2010).

This benefit is all thanks to the Triple Lock, a measure that the Conservatives introduced in 2011 and have rightly protected at every Budget since. Because of the Triple Lock, the State Pension was uprated by 8.5% in April 2024, in line with average yearly earnings growth, meaning that pensioners will receive a further £900 more a year, fulfilling our promise to provide dignity in retirement.

Additionally, I am very pleased that last winter, we delivered nearly 12 million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments to pensioners, helping to protect the most vulnerable during a difficult time for the wider economy. In total, this means around £4.8 billion has been made available, providing the average household with up to £600 of support to help with their energy bills.
We have also abolished the Pensioners Lifetime Tax Allowance, protecting over 80% of NHS doctors from receiving a tax charge on their pension and incentivising them to stay in or return to the workforce.

More widely, I want to assure you that pension reform remains at the heart of our plan, and we have already delivered wide-ranging changes that will see a typical pension boosted by a further £1000 a year. Following this, the Chancellor's 'Mansion House Reforms' have reformed defined contribution pension schemes, resulting in an increase in a typical pension pot by 12% over the course of a career.

I acknowledge that there is more work to be done but I want to assure you that these measures are having their desired effect. Since 2010, there are 200,000 fewer pensioners living in absolute poverty due to our strong action to protect the most vulnerable in society.
Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me and I will ensure that I feed the Pensioners Manifesto and your comments into my discussions with my ministerial colleagues on this issue.

With best wishes, 

Laura

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR SEVENOAKS AND SWANLEY
 
Website: https://www.lauratrott.org.uk/
 
Telephone: 020 7219 6898
 

[Eric Gaskell]

? Laura as an old guy of 80+ years , yes you have done what you say but i still have my state pension frozen from when i came of state pension age 65 , do you think i will ever see the time when my state pension would become unfrozen . Myself i am not asking for the money i should have received from the increases to the present rate state pension ,just unfreeze the state pension and give us the rate that the UK state pension people get and the increases every year from now ,i am not after benefits like glasses teeth and help with bills etc because i don't live in the UK but am upset about the UK government giving money and all the benefits to these people from other countries that are being let into the UK now that was not even born in the UK like i was ,i think it is unfair that the UK government thinks more about those people than people that was born in the UK and lost family in two wars that went to fight for the UK to be free . The UK government should treat us people  that were born in the UK the same as the pension people that live in the UK and not discriminate against us because we want to be near or with family in certain countries in the world .  Sorry about the rant but i think we are being treated unfairly don't you think ,do you think you could help us in anyway you can i would be most grateful not just for me but for other people younger than me because i have not much time left ,thank you LAURA  WITH  BEST WISHES . ERIC.      

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[Marianne]

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[elizabeth Harvey]

to Eric Gaskell  ...  your message was it in a nutshell.  well said.   

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[William Woods]





Dear all

This is chapter 2 in THE COMMONWEALTH CHARTER Signed by the late Queen Elizabeth.

We are committed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights covenants and international instruments. We are committed to equality and respect for the protection and promotion of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, for all without discrimination on any grounds as the foundations of peaceful, just and stable societies.

We note that these rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated and cannot be implemented selectively. We are implacably opposed to all forms of discrimination, whether rooted in gender, race, colour, creed, political belief or other grounds.

The British Government should be held to this declaration regarding discrimination.

Kind regards 

Wm H Woods 

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[Eric Gaskell]

100%RIGHT ?what you posted Mr Woods ,how the UK government are getting away with the laws about discrimination against their own people i don't know , the late QUEEN ELIZABETH signed the COMMONWEALTH CHARTER like you say in chapter 2 , but it looks like the UK government don't care about anything but them selves but its the same with all those politicians that sit in Westminster up yours jack we are all right till it comes to election time then they sing to a different tune . I am an old guy of 80 +years i don't think i will see our state pensions being unfrozen in the near future i think they want us all dead then they won't need to do the right thing and unfreeze our state pensions . Something drastic must happen i think to make this government and other UK governments in the future to unfreeze our pensions i hope i am wrong but you never know what might happen do you ?.best wishes to you and your family ERIC .

  

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[alexander whitehead]

deer MR WOODS and all i have been on this issue of my pension rights for 15yrs or so i have also written to the house of lords plus the last  nine or so PRIME MINISTERS RESULT       /////////////////////////// THEY ARE SWEAR WORDS ALL THE BEST ALEXANDER WHITEHEAD I AM 91 YRS OF AGE

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