On 05/02/2018 18:02, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Ash Burton formulated on Monday :
They may be state benefits but most people will have contributed for a
minimum of 30 years to get the state pension and the NHS is also
funded from National insurance.

Exactly!

The 30 year rule is now 35 years and only relates to the State Pension.
Even without a decent record you get a minimum pension under the new
scheme which isn't 'ungenerous' AS UK PENSIONS GO.

Of course, if you've got over 35 years, you don't get any extra (grrr)

As for 'funded from NI'. Taxes aren't 'ring fenced' in general- they go
into a pot and are allocated.

From he

Page 9
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...etin_Final.pdf


The total income for Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax & National Insurance
Contributions in 2017 was about £310bn

Best figure for NHS spend I can find is budget for 2017/18, which is £122bn.

Unless NI about 1/3 of the taxes listed above, NI alone can't fund the
NHS. Even if it did, there'd be nothing for other benefits people
attribute to NI funding.