James wrote: Yes Bro I forgot,of course I am para phrasing what was told me in as many words & of course everyone gets their NI paid working or not,but the plan seemed to be to divide from records those who were in work in a particular year from those who were not. Then to operate percentages accordingly.Like someone in work 80%of the period would get a higher pension award than someone out of work 80%of the time in the same 'qualifying'period.(30 Years or whatever). This obviously penalises long term sick and jobless once they reach pension age & favours those who have "worked hard all their lives"hence "making work pay". There may be a possibility that the long term sick and jobless pension might vanish all together if taken to extremes. Have a nice afternoon,bye James
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I can only reiterate once more, that I am not aware of any such plans.
