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[Returnofrros]

My father also received a new free central heating system because he was aged over 70. From memory the deal was a new Combi gas fired boiler which is fine as long as there are no long power cuts and 6 radiators. My father had to pay for the extra radiator he required for all the rooms in his house. He also received free loft insulation. He already had loft insulation but this was ripped out and replaced with new thicker insulation.
However the combi boiler is not the best on the market and my father was subsequently told by a heating engineer that the radiators were not the best.
This does not surprise as you get what you pay for and no doubt the Government department running this scheme ‘did a deal’ to get the boiler and radiators at the lowest cost whilst the Government gets the maximum publicity for the scheme.

They quadrupled my loft insulation which I believe is pretty expensive these days, boiler A rated, think it can go up to triple A.

Boiler it replaced was 20 years old

Also get 2 year free servicing which is another £300 or so

[Returnofrros]

My father also received a new free central heating system because he was aged over 70. From memory the deal was a new Combi gas fired boiler which is fine as long as there are no long power cuts and 6 radiators. My father had to pay for the extra radiator he required for all the rooms in his house. He also received free loft insulation. He already had loft insulation but this was ripped out and replaced with new thicker insulation.
However the combi boiler is not the best on the market and my father was subsequently told by a heating engineer that the radiators were not the best.
This does not surprise as you get what you pay for and no doubt the Government department running this scheme ‘did a deal’ to get the boiler and radiators at the lowest cost whilst the Government gets the maximum publicity for the scheme.

Point is I'd have no qualms in putting on a 3 figure bet or spending £580 on golf club membership or a few hundred pounds on a cple of nights away ....my money, my choice....but I'm considered needy enough to qualify for a 3k central heating package.

When does that change from FFS that was a stroke of fortune to gimme gimme gimme.

[Returnofrros]

Point is I'd have no qualms in putting on a 3 figure bet or spending £580 on golf club membership or a few hundred pounds on a cple of nights away ....my money, my choice....but I'm considered needy enough to qualify for a 3k central heating package.

When does that change from FFS that was a stroke of fortune to gimme gimme gimme.

I could say age 65 but I won't....oops....just did.😁

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Many OAPs seem to spend a lot of time in pubs and bookies. I'm on a very decent salary but can't really afford to do that at weekends so they must have a very decent income.

I know people aged between 18 to 35 who just can't get to pubs or bookies. These are the people that are struggling financially, not the entitled OAPs. The 18 to 35 lot are entitled to accept their lot and get on with it, nothing else.

[jdfc]

Yes well I do , means testing is not the way forward and never should be , I’ll ask you do you think it’s fair a man/ woman lying in a nursing home worked hard all their lives and own their house , should have pay for their keep with their bought and paid for house , while some guy lying next to them hasn’t done a days work in his life never paid taxes gets his stay for free ? To me if your entitled due to age then you should get it no matter your savings , that’s bus pass, nursing stay or season ticket to dens

I think it’s shocking anyone should have to pay for care at an older age, and give up everything they have paid for through out their working life, the part I’m getting at is freebies should be there for folk that need them, I work with boys who have free bus passes, and I know what they earn, I just don’t think it’s right

It’s also wrong that someone who hasn’t done a days work gets a bigger government pension than those that have worked all their lives to pay for the pension just because they also paid out of their wages for a private pension

[jdfc]

Why not.
A 60 year old person who has not worked a day in their life and lived off the ‘social’ is also entitled to a free bus pass.
The 60 year old person who has been in full time employment throughout their working life has paid their taxes to pay for the Scottish Government National Entitlement Card (bus pass) which is paid for by the money the Scottish Government receives from the Westminster Government under the rules of the Barnett Formula.

I don’t think 60 year old should have a free bus pass

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I don’t think 60 year old should have a free bus pass

I don't think anyone should have one

[BCram]

I don't think anyone should have one

Snp free bus passes for young.

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Snp free bus passes for young.

Nobody should have one is my view, not age related.

[jdfc]

Snp free bus passes for young.

A bribe nothing else