Paul Lockett on Nostr: It's unaffordable, not in itself, but in the context of tax and spend decisions as a ...

It's unaffordable, not in itself, but in the context of tax and spend decisions as a whole.

We don't have a triple-lock on other benefits. We also have a tax system which disproportionately favours the recipients of the state pension.

A system which moves moves money to the demographic which is already the wealthiest isn't sustainable.

We're seeing an element of the spiral in migration numbers, with younger Brits leaving the country and older Brits returning.