To want a budget which puts young people and families first

That's why I used the word 'parent' ....

Too true. One of my teeth broke three months after my son was born.

It’s so regressive!

Because they're selfish arseholes? Who would have had free schooling / prescriptions / child benefit/ the option of free university.

Sure. Go ahead and means test children. I think you'll find they don't have much income on the whole!

Pregnancy weakens teeth though & treating dc should result in less problems as you age. Every adult was a child once so I don’t understand why they begrudge children getting free schooling or dental care?

Removal of the free prescription for over 60s. Instead, use this money to bring back the school nurse and perhaps even school dentist visits

Only if it's removed for children and pregnant women too. It should be means-tested, i.e, only available to people in receipt of certain benefits, whether parent or pensioner.

As an old person coming up to state pension age I would like a budget which puts old people first.

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One which recognises the length of time they have been working and paying taxes and National Insurance.

What does the above mean? Abolish pension credit?

Sorry this really made me laugh 😆

I taje it you are young and have a family. Hope your home budgetting is better than your 'pie in tge sky' national tax changes. Which don't add up economically.

Scrapping free prescriptions for retired people would put people in a position where they carnt afford the medication. My father needs 8 prescriptions a month to live, my mother 5. They already struggle, your suggestion OP is inhuman.

Would the annual certificate be unaffordable for them?

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/falling-rolls-the-true-cost-of-declining-school-populations/

The government really needs to look at the school funding model as it’s based on head count.

There shouldn't be a £10 charge for doctors. If there was any people would avoid going because they carnt afford it which would lead to cancer not being detected and other serious health conditions which could have been prevented if picked up early. Scrapping free prescriptions for retired people would put people in a position where they carnt afford the medication. My father needs 8 prescriptions a month to live, my mother 5. They already struggle, your suggestion OP is inhuman.

As an old person coming up to state pension age I would like a budget which puts old people first. One which recognises the length of time they have been working and paying taxes and National Insurance. One which recognises that older people often cannot do what younger people can do and need more help.

It is quite normal to want more money/benefits etc. for the age group that you are in, or which your children are in. I am old, my children are not young. Of course I want a budget that suits me.

Having said that - actually I want a budget which is fair for everybody.... If that is possible.

Yeah this is an important point too.

I think more social housing, with focus on key workers and help for people to buy their first home… where did help to buy go?!

@Jollofoldmaninaredsuit Im aware of that, I meant housing would need to be included in the assessment as opposed to just savings.

There does need to be more support for young families but this isn’t the way about it imo. I’d focus on maternity/paternity support, lowering childcare costs and flexible working.

everyone in society is important and we should cater for different needs. We also need to support people having children as they will be the workers of the future

@Mlanket they do. You pay a percentage of your care costs, and if you have over 16K in savings, you pay it all.

I think ideas to help all people buy their first home are good ones. They wonder why people stopped having children? Well most of my friends (mid to late thirties) are living in shared houses. Hard to have a family whilst living there! Private flats and deposits are completely out of reach.
I looked at a house to rent. We had a combined income of 4K a month, house was 1.5k, they wouldn't rent it to us. Said we wouldn't have enough disposable income left!

It’s deeply unpopular but people will need to start paying for care in the home as opposed to just paying for care if you need to go to a care home.

It can't be though really whilst pensions are universal. There just isn't enough money to go round.

Pension age will keep moving out so they won’t be universal in reality though.

I do hence why I mentioned the cap. It isn't a great deal.

To me putting young people first isn’t around tax incentives to get on the housing ladder and is more fundamental:

• education properly funded
• children’s centres, social services, EdPsychs etc. all properly funded
• College and uni lecturers properly funded so students have in-person, quality higher education
• Proper apprenticeship schemes offering a range of career options
• etc.

People may never be homeowners for a variety of reasons and that is not a benchmark of ‘having achieved’. We can give them the best start at least.

You'd get help via universal credit if your income is that low?

It can't be though really whilst pensions are universal. There just isn't enough money to go round.