What hecate said.
My FIL works part-time and draws a small state pension. He had a works pension, but it was mismanaged (BT) and he get fuck all.
My MIL worked as a secretary all her life and never could afford to contribute to all but state pension.
They raised three children, including their lovely daughter, adopted from foster care.
His tax on his PT job as a church groundskeeper has gone up by double.
And to all who say, 'Well, get Pension Credit'. Tell that to elderly people who broke their backs working like donkeys all their lives to fill out some massive form that's confusing as fuck, people who find applying for benefits shameful, and then sit back and wait for the tax credit office to tell them years later they overpaid them and these pensioners owe them all kinds of money.
I never thought I'd hear my ILs say it, but I just spoke to tehm this morning. And they're voting Tory in the next general election (SNP for Scottish elections).
And yes, they distinctly remember life under the Tories - FIL was made redundant twice.
But, as MIL pointed out, 'At least with Tories, you know what you're going to get.'
BIL - single and childfree - is getting screwed by this AND his company, Lloyds TSB, has been bought out and he's being made redundant.
Thanks, Gordon.
You're a twat.