Why have all the main parties nothing for pensioners who have worked hard, saved for a dignified retirement and now seen their savings decimated by low interest rates to benefit low mortgage rates for the next generation?

We need the state pension more than ever now, and at £110pw, find it is the lowest in Europe, the Spanish and Germans get over £500pw.

Having paid in for 45 years, to get £110pw, we find that the next pensioners only have to work for 30 years to get £155pw, and if you didn’t work at all, you get £195pw! And if you go into a Home it’s free if you haven’t saved, but £700pw if you have worked and saved. If you don’t want to work full time, never mind, working tax credit paid for by pensioners will top you up.

Why are we paying the same taxes when the next generation has had their personal allowances increased by £2,000pa? Why has there been budget cuts e.g. to adult social care when we pay the same taxes? When Treliske is short of 500 beds, why have the present MPs allowed all the new houses to be built? So vote for a total change, none of the main parties are interested in us pensioners. 

Charles Mitchell,
Cogos Park,
Mylor Bridge