GM Pension Buyout Webinar by Leon LaBrecque
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In this informational webinar, Leon LaBrecque of LJPR, LLC in Troy, Michigan, speaks on the multitude of considerations involved in the General Motors (GM) l...

seeing my previous comments have been removed yet again

A lump sum of any pension should be awarded toward the funeral expenses of the pensioner, creating a lot less stress, for the many impoverished pensioners, Please write to Mr Frank Field MP to support this statement
thanks

because we couldnt afford it

Worked all my life, have a small Pension that I paid into, BUT this small Pension stops me from getting certain Benefits.
I have worked hard paid off my Mortgage and saved a little bit, now living on State pension and a Small private pension.
The Non Working class have been getting benefits, Free Housing and more Benefits when they reach retirment age.
Is It Worth working and paying your way?? when you get to my age the penalties ensure you are Worse off than the Non Working Class.

Although it is clear now many company pension pots suddenly became inadequate due to taxation loop holes being plugged, all are now faced with far from satisfactory pensions.

The above article about pensions being lost into the 'Ether' when one or both couples die is a valid one and serious, which I have long thought amounts to actually Government criminal theft.

People should be allowed to nominated part of their pension (as any other asset) they have saved/earned, especially if they do not live to draw it at all, or die early in retirement. This will certainly at least help the young feel the little they can add in this climate, worth saving for.

The Government should act without delay!!!!!

UK politicians are not alone in stealing our pensions. Amongst many other countries, I worked in The Netherlands for a couple of years and on retirement received a small pension from there under EC rules. However, over a year ago, the Dutch government arbitarily announced that about two thirds of this pension was not payable to people no longer living in The Netherlands and not paying Dutch taxes - in clear contravention of the EC rules. This matter is now passing through the legal corridors of "The Netherlands " (not even the EC can challenge them legally until the Dutch courts have made a ruling!) and will, no doubt, not be resolved for years - meanwhile many of us expat pensioners may have passed on. This is the European community type justice!

This nothing new for years many people have been saying we should be able to pass on our pensions to families but it has always been swept under the carpet, because it it was allowed, it stop all these large payouts we keep hearing about.
It would mean that there would be a shortfall in money that the government can play with which means another cut in spending for the pensioners.
Here's the slogan for all MP's now and those elected in the future:- "Deny the weathly Nothing and Deny the Pensioner everything" that way us pensioner will drop dead quicker which will give the Treasury more money to waste & our Families poorer

I Think that when your spouce dies their pension should be paid to the other one left behind this would help pay for the funneral. As they cost so much nowadays, it is hard to save on the pensions we get in Northern Ireland it's a disgrace. I think the pensioners here are not shouting enought they need to take to the streets and demand their rights. My last increase was a mere 17pence an insult.

Georgie

The Military pensions are the ones that bug most of us ex service men. I served 23 years in the Navy and have quite a comfortable pension but because my wife left me prior to leaving the Navy, my new wife will receive nothing of my pension. So many of us had this problem of wives leaving us that the Ministry must be making a bomb from our pensions.

I`ve worked for half a century for this country`s strength in the wold`s economy and after all those years of toil and overtime they will no doubt give me the crumbs from their plates and not the slice I am expecting.
No wonder everyone wants to be a politician or a banker, at least there`s a way to trick people in all those fiscal deppartments before the money trickles down to Joe Bloggs. Ever thought of working abroad for a decent wage and pension? Might be the only way to have a pension to enjoy later in life!