Nothing that's been said so far can convince me that people like my GM, sitting at home with so many thousands in the bank (and even one account totalling more than £20k that she forgot existed because she never needed it) and hundreds coming in every month in pensions, need benefits like WFA, bus pass and free tv.
Her and her husband have almost the same coming in from pensions as my parents who work full time do. Until ill health stopped them travelling, they took at least 2 long holidays a year. They've never travelled by bus in their life, always taxis, even to the supermarket. They went out 3/4 nights a week. They have no mortgage, no debts and no worries.
Now yes they've worked, but my GM retired at 50. She's now in her mid 80s and wants for nothing. Does she really need benefits?
Me, I've worked since I was 14. I'm well educated and have the debts to show for it. When I was made redundant at 28, I lost my house. When the same thing happened 4 years later, I received no benefits for months due to jobcentre bullshit. I lost my rented flat and the deposit I'd put down on it as a result. I had to walk miles to the jobcentre because there's no such thing are free bus travel for people with zero income. I used to go for a walk to look for pennies that people had dropped. How is that fair?
I'm now almost 40, have a baby, a well paid career and still rent. I'll most likely never get my own house again.
It makes me so angry to think of all the people scraping by at the moment; people who should be supported by benefits to help them get on their feet, to feed and house their children, to get into work or education, and improve their lives and the lives of their children. But no - these benefits have been and continue to be blatantly eroded and these people demonised while pensioners like my gran are handed money that they don't need, and don't even notice coming in.
That's so far from fair that there's no defending it.