7PM Pensions reform: Iain Duncan Smith today announced plans for a flat rate £140 a week state pension. A welcome reform, the end of means testing, and a massive simplification of a terribly complicated system? But does it go far enough, and why should those who don’t contribute to the system receive the same pension as those who do?
8PM Was motherhood better in the 70s and 80s? Well that’s what a new study says. Mothers feel they have less time to themselves and are under greater pressure than previous generations. Is that right? Do mothers today spend enough time with their kids, is there too much pressure to go out to work, are stay at home mums treated unfairly?
9PM LBC Medical Hour with Dr Rob Hicks.
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***But does it go far enough, and why should those who don’t contribute to the system receive the same pension as those who do?***
ReplyDeleteIf those who don't contribute don't deserve as much as those who do then presumably those who contributed for only twenty years don't deserve as much as those who contributed for 40, etc etc. Which stops it being a flat rate pension altogether.
Duh!