How can you survive with the state pension in the u.k ?am i correct to think it is as much as i thin ?

I read that the state pension is 70拢 per month.. how can someone survive with that money ??how do the older ppl in the uk survive.. i mean if u earn 19.000 / annum ..is hard to get a mortgae and a house and if u dont have private pension and u reach 65 what are you supposed to do .... i might be wrong but e.g in greece u getting paid only a bit less of what u use to earn so you dont have to struggle as much .. it must be a joke paying someone 拢70/ month ..,it seems it will be 130 : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6194... when you get 60 you shouldnt have to worry about what will happen in 5 years but you should have peace of mind that you can retire confortably ... i think we should cut the benefits for ppl that they dont deserver them and take care of the elderly what do you think???

Sorry i meant 70拢 per week .. but still nothing really ...even 拢130 week is nothing... i understand that you needs are less.. however you should have the change to do things that you couldnt do while working .. e.g affort to travel abroad for a long time and be able to affort it.. it seems to me that you have to work all your life for nothing ..and then the goverment is telling you: ok you were working all your life now you are 65 but you cant to anything .. just stay on the couch and watch some tv or something :-)

Surprising!!!

Its 拢70 per week - NOT per month and help with cost of rent & COuncil tax if you have no savings or other income. It is very low but possible to live on - JUST. xx

It's not 70 a month! It's more like 70 a week! Plus they get benefits like help with heating and taxes...also free travel...they do struggle though...they should have more.

the state pension in the U.K is 拢180 for married couples, per week thats why our goverment suggests doing a private pension set up before you retire, i have to make this last its a struggle but i am happy thats all that counts and i dont waste it on gambling,smoking and drink and drugs.

I agree rather look after the old people and little children who cannot look after themselves than all these young, fit people that ride on all the taxpayers backs. Im not Brittish but have been to england and have seen all these young people boasting that they are on the doll. I have worked in spain at a resort where Brittish people go to on vacation on their doll money ............... i mean that is quite ridiculous. That is why so many foreigners flock to the Uk for citizenship ............. nice country the government pays you if you are unemployed.

Your state pension, whatever the amount, is topped up through pension credit to 拢120 per week and you do not have to pay council tax. If you are in rented property, which I am not, you get help with that as well.

It is not a fortune but I find that as I get older my needs and wants are few. I am very contented with it. I also get the lower disability allowance as well and can manage quite adequately.

We also get 拢200 per year towards our heating costs.

Basic State Pension is 拢87-30 per WEEK for a single person.

Thought the UK took better care of the pensioners. In the US it's bare survival plus the medical is very poor. It boils down you keep working until you drop.

The idea of working for 40 - 50 years is to save a bit, pay your way, then the pension with your savings is adequate to live on. With the 拢200 which is for winter fuel you can, at least, keep warm! The state pension could always be a bit more but because of the state of the country we'll have to put up with it. You are means tested and get help with rent and c/tax.

well instead of them wasting their money on beer and fags when they are working, why dont they save money for their old age?
I am sick of looking after idiots who dont look after themselves