Pensioned Off
Has the time now come for the universal state pension to be pensioned off?
Stephen Bradshaw reports that every year the welfare state pays out billions of pounds in benefits to pensioners who don't need the money, and a quarter of retired couples now have a disposable income above the national average.
Would it not make sense to target their pension money at the millions of poor old people who desperately need it? Or should everyone who has paid into the fund during their working life remain entitled to draw their fair share?
Producer Sarah Powell
EditorGlenwyn Benson