Pensioner benefits – don’t axe them, tax them
6 January 2014 Pensioner benefits – Don’t axe them, tax them Consider changing the age of entitlement, rather than means-testing Pensioner benefits becoming a political football: The furore over pensioner ‘benefits’ is hotting up. As the number of UK citizens reaching state pension age soars, the cost of paying National Insurance pensions was always bound to rise. There is a political backlash against pensioner payments, but it is important to consider this issue carefully. Rather than using pensions as a…