LagutaRacingFan Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) Today's announcement from the Government means people in receipt of the state pension will receive higher pay rises than working adults. It seems unfair to offer OAPs discounted tickets. Edited November 17, 2022 by BassoRacingFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toady Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, BassoRacingFan said: Today's announcement from the Government means people in receipt of the state pension will receive higher pay rises than working adults. It seems unfair to offer OAPs discounted tickets. No discounts at Oxford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 scrap the discount and speedway will lose at least 1/2 of its fans at all tracks . why dont promoters just get riders that they can afford and not be held to ransom by big knob riders or are you crying because YOU dont get a discount ? is that another user name you are using ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, BassoRacingFan said: Today's announcement from the Government means people in receipt of the state pension will receive higher pay rises than working adults. It seems unfair to offer OAPs discounted tickets. The base income from the state pension would be around £800 per month or £9600 per annum if you receive the full benefit. This is less than an employee earning the basic minimum wage if they work forty hours per week. Why is it unfair if the state pension is your only income?Take your local rates of say £175 per month and the current fuel prices of say £300 per month that leaves £325 to live on for four weeks to cover food, house insurance etc. and other day to day expenses and if you rent who knows what that cost would be. Not everyone is in the privileged position of having a private pension and other income on top of the state pension. If you rent your accommodation try covering all your overheads on just the state pension. It is not unfair but it depends on your personal circumstances. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Hawk127 said: The base income from the state pension would be around £800 per month or £9600 per annum if you receive the full benefit. This is less than an employee earning the basic minimum wage if they work forty hours per week. Why is it unfair if the state pension is your only income?Take your local rates of say £175 per month and the current fuel prices of say £300 per month that leaves £325 to live on for four weeks to cover food, house insurance etc. and other day to day expenses and if you rent who knows what that cost would be. Not everyone is in the privileged position of having a private pension and other income on top of the state pension. If you rent your accommodation try covering all your overheads on just the state pension. It is not unfair but it depends on your personal circumstances. Pensioners just getting their pension get help with their rent,council tax,cold weather payments and a few other things. Although getting this nice rise should hopefully keep the crowd levels up next season Edited November 17, 2022 by tellboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Hawk127 said: The base income from the state pension would be around £800 per month or £9600 per annum if you receive the full benefit. This is less than an employee earning the basic minimum wage if they work forty hours per week. Why is it unfair if the state pension is your only income?Take your local rates of say £175 per month and the current fuel prices of say £300 per month that leaves £325 to live on for four weeks to cover food, house insurance etc. and other day to day expenses and if you rent who knows what that cost would be. Not everyone is in the privileged position of having a private pension and other income on top of the state pension. If you rent your accommodation try covering all your overheads on just the state pension. It is not unfair but it depends on your personal circumstances. Any pensioner receiving JUST the state pension isn't going to be attending speedway even it was £5 let alone £16 instead of £20 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 Not been a discount at Glasgow for a couple of seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted November 17, 2022 Report Share Posted November 17, 2022 Last year when Sunak was chancellor the rate of inflation was 8.1% but he cut the amount paid to less than half that. By the time April 2022 came, when pension increase applies, the increase in my gas and council tax increase had wiped the rise out. My gas has gone up 40% on the last 12 months. Because I paid into a private pension I don’t qualify for any other benefits that may be offered to others. My dad was in the same situation. He too had a small private pension, every annual increase in that just kept him above the point where he and mum could have got benefits to make their life conmfier. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, tyretrax said: Not been a discount at Glasgow for a couple of seasons. As a mattter of interest and as a comparison The National Trust doesn't do concessions/discounts either whereas English Heritage does. Edited November 18, 2022 by steve roberts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 15 hours ago, BassoRacingFan said: Today's announcement from the Government means people in receipt of the state pension will receive higher pay rises than working adults. It seems unfair to offer OAPs discounted tickets. Can you compare someone’s State Pension to the pay of a working Adult though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 16 hours ago, BassoRacingFan said: Today's announcement from the Government means people in receipt of the state pension will receive higher pay rises than working adults. It seems unfair to offer OAPs discounted tickets. You will be old one day!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted November 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Fromafar said: Can you compare someone’s State Pension to the pay of a working Adult though. Can you compare the expenses of a working adult with a pensioner? One has to pay a mortgage/rent, childcare and commuting costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 minute ago, BassoRacingFan said: Can you compare the expenses of a working adult with a pensioner? One has to pay a mortgage/rent, childcare and commuting costs. What’s to say the other doesn’t. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 Don't forget as well that pensioners don't stop paying taxes when they get their pensions! I'm reminded of that every time I fill the car with fuel! Some are even fortunate enough to be paying income tax if they have an occupational pension as well! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 I do know as a fact Somerset lost a few regulars the year they stopped concessions for OAPs. Maybe a decent discount on season tickets for OAPs may be an option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDY69 Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 18 hours ago, BassoRacingFan said: Today's announcement from the Government means people in receipt of the state pension will receive higher pay rises than working adults. It seems unfair to offer OAPs discounted tickets. Nonsense. It's a percentage increase - so the actual amount is much less if what the percentage is based on is less. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 16 hours ago, Hawk127 said: The base income from the state pension would be around £800 per month or £9600 per annum if you receive the full benefit. This is less than an employee earning the basic minimum wage if they work forty hours per week. Why is it unfair if the state pension is your only income?Take your local rates of say £175 per month and the current fuel prices of say £300 per month that leaves £325 to live on for four weeks to cover food, house insurance etc. and other day to day expenses and if you rent who knows what that cost would be. Not everyone is in the privileged position of having a private pension and other income on top of the state pension. If you rent your accommodation try covering all your overheads on just the state pension. It is not unfair but it depends on your personal circumstances. I agree. My total income is £7872 per annum as I'm on a reduce state pension. Just taking food alone, and I'm not exagerating (sorry not correct spelling), I have no other choice that to allow £115 per calendar month, so if it's a five week month, that works out at £23 a week, and that doesn't buy much. Sadly, there will be a great many people that are a lot worse off than me. Seriously worrying times. I'm lucky in as much as I work at my local track, but I certainly won't be able to visit any other tracks in 2023, whatever the price, and that's very upsetting, particularly as I'm widowed with precious little else to fill my time with. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Mimmo said: I agree. My total income is £7872 per annum as I'm on a reduce state pension. Just taking food alone, and I'm not exagerating (sorry not correct spelling), I have no other choice that to allow £115 per calendar month, so if it's a five week month, that works out at £23 a week, and that doesn't buy much. Sadly, there will be a great many people that are a lot worse off than me. Seriously worrying times. I'm lucky in as much as I work at my local track, but I certainly won't be able to visit any other tracks in 2023, whatever the price, and that's very upsetting, particularly as I'm widowed with precious little else to fill my time with. Y state pension is somewhat less than yours, circa £7200 pa, the wife’s is something less than that, approx £4500. Then I have a private pension, but totalled it is still less than a 40 hour week at minimum hourly rate. I appreciate how much more difficult it is for you….. are you not entitled to other benefits? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimmo Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Y state pension is somewhat less than yours, circa £7200 pa, the wife’s is something less than that, approx £4500. Then I have a private pension, but totalled it is still less than a 40 hour week at minimum hourly rate. I appreciate how much more difficult it is for you….. are you not entitled to other benefits? To answer your question: - When my wife was alive (she died in January), we were sensible enough to budget in the old fashioned way, of putting so much away each month for all the different utilities that we paid on an annual basis, plus so much for family birthday/Christmas presents, which was minimal compared to the other things. Now because the bills in the main, haven't started rolling in yet, when means tested, I was told I had to much money in the bank. I explained why it was there, but to them it's my money, which of course it is, until I have to hand it over to various people like British Gas, Anglian Water, Council Tax etc; etc: I can see now why years ago, when a Post Office Savings Account was the main way of keeping your money safe, many people used to stuff their money under the mattress, to coin a phrase, my father-in-law being one of them. But then of course, the country wasn't in the mess it is today, and we weren't ripped off by all and sundry. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted November 18, 2022 Report Share Posted November 18, 2022 16 hours ago, steve roberts said: As a mattter of interest and as a comparison The National Trust doesn't do concessions/discounts either whereas English Heritage does. As a member of The National Trust for Scotland - I get an OAP Price for my subscription. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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