"Mark" wrote in message
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 18:06:27 -0000, "tim..."
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Andrew wrote:
On 18/11/2017 11:23, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Go for the basics. The basic OAP for a single person (assuming full
contribution years) is £119

Not since April 2016. Much more now, and many people have Serps
entitlements too.

Many have private pensions too.

Plus free bus travel, heating and council tax discount for those
with less than ~£16,000 in savings.

I get council tax discount as a single person. What heating discount are
you talking about?

How much is free travel worth in London ?.

Depends how much you make use of it. Morally, it would make sense to
give
free travel to the unemployed, to make it easier to go looking for work.

in London, they do (or did anyway)

Should be a national policy, not limited to London.

Nope. Then those who choose not to work would have free travel for 'life'