Swindled...Yet Again!
I've just received my Advice of Payment from Xafinity. The 5.2% headline rate has turned into 3.47% for me, because, apparently, I retired after 27 April 2011. So... I lose nearly £2000 every year to the treasury because I foolishly got divorced. And now I lose another 1.73% each and every year because of another clever bit of manipulative legislation that is, yet again, only beneficial to the treasury. I served my country faithfully for more than 40 years and I seem to continually be kicked in the teeth by an ungrateful set of legislation! Hmmm..perhaps I'm being naive when I believe the hype from our Lords and masters when they say they have our best interests at heart. Wish I'd worked for Barclays now, at least with them the possibility of a decent pay packet isn't dependant upon performance (or loyalty) there!