{"id":135825,"date":"2023-04-08T23:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pensioner-dependent-tories-have-set-the-uk-on-the-road-to-ruin\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T23:08:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T16:08:41","slug":"pensioner-dependent-tories-have-set-the-uk-on-the-road-to-ruin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pensioner-dependent-tories-have-set-the-uk-on-the-road-to-ruin\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioner-dependent Tories have set the UK on the road to ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBy kicking retirement reforms down the road again, vote-hungry politicians are allowing a wealthy generation to prosper at the expense of the young There is an election coming, so reforms that harm the finances of older voters are off the table.The over-50s dominate participation in local polls even more than they do in general elections, so it was little wonder that a proposal to bring forward the date when the state pension age starts to rise to 68 \u2013 adversely affecting millions of people born in the 1970s \u2013 was considered toxic by the government and kicked into touch at the end of last month. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2023\/apr\/08\/pensioner-dependent-tories-have-set-the-uk-on-the-road-to-ruin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pensioner-dependent Tories have set the UK on the road to ruin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; By kicking retirement reforms down the road again, vote-hungry politicians are allowing a wealthy generation&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-zkJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54215,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/germanys-eon-warns-tories-energy-price-pledge-could-really-ruin-things-for-uk-arm\/","url_meta":{"origin":135825,"position":0},"title":"Germany\u2019s Eon warns Tories energy price pledge could &quot;really ruin things&quot; for UK arm","date":"May 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Germany\u2019s Eon warns Tories energy price pledge could \"really ruin things\" for UK arm","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":965,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-tories-have-made-affordable-housing-a-meaningless-term\/","url_meta":{"origin":135825,"position":1},"title":"The Tories have made &#039;affordable housing&#039; a meaningless term","date":"January 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r As London house prices rocket, politicians have redefined the meaning of \u2018affordable\u2019 instead of helping people who need homesFor decades \u201caffordable housing\u201d meant exactly what it said on the tin \u2013 homes that were affordable, even to those on low incomes. 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