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UK max monthly state pension (not everyone gets it) £885. Luxembourg £5,211 Spain £2,714 Belgium £2,703 Switzerland £2,181 (paid 13 times year) Iceland £1,908 France £1,567 Cyprus £1,510 2.1m UK pensioners live in poverty. 68,000 a year die from poverty. Still think they are on your side ?

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Colin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE's avatar Colin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE @maestroc.bsky.social
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Vote tactically; for whichever party is most likely to defeat the Tory in your constituency.

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Iain Roberts's avatar Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social
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Do you know where these figures come from? I've tried to track down the source before, but without luck.

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ForeignGadger's avatar ForeignGadger @foreigngadger.bsky.social
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Great post.

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Doli's avatar Doli @dolidaydream.bsky.social
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Might be worth mentioning here that grandparents who look after their grandchildren can claim childcare credit to make up any missing years of National Insurance which reduces your state pension. I claimed last year (and got it).

www.moneysavingexpert.com/family/grand...

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