Britain's Biggest Pensioner's Organisation, The National Pensioners Convention Is Backing Arthur's Petition.
Britain's biggest pensioner's organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is backing a new online petition started by pensioner Arthur Streatfield, from Bath, calling on the Government to reverse its decision to freeze the age related personal tax allowances for the over 65's from April 2013. The petition can be seen at http://epetitions,direct.gov.uk/petitions/31778
Dot Gibson, NPC General Secretary said: "Since the Budget announcement on Wednesday 21st March, we have been inundated by pensioners like Arthur who are outraged that the chancellor is giving a tax cut to those earning over £150,000 whilst pensioners on little more than £11,000 per year are having their tax allowance frozen. There has been a lot of nonsense published in the media, about pensioners having so far been cushioned form the austerity measures, but they have already seen cuts to their fuel allowance, a reduction of their state pension increase because it is now linked to the lower Consumer Price Index rather than the Retail Price Index. Rationing of care services in the community, closure of day care centres, changes to disability benefits and caps on housing support.
It's time that we came out fighting and this petition is just the start. The Government needs to recognise that older people are an asset and not a burden; and that we contribute £40bn every year in taxes, unpaid voluntary work and caring for family members. We not only need to reverse this latest attack, but also to campaign for higher state pensions, proper care and an end to fuel poverty."
That's really good blod.
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