Any other pensioners here?

No, there are no pensioners on Newsgroups. It's a teenage thing.

And none of them get single-occupier discount either.

Bit rich as pensions have the most wealth and least dependents.

My council tax is twice my state pension.

You can get a reduction if you're on low income - depends a bit on your personal circumstances and council:

Good grief. A full state pension for a single person is currently £9000 or £12000, depending on when you were born.

The CT average band, average rate, is just over £2000.

Something going on there . . .

Oh dear, sorry :-)

I managed to convert about £950 per 4 weeks to £2K per annum!

Ever thought about getting a job as a "creative accountant"? ;-)

I think they do - 25% discount for sole occupation.

I thought you had five houses.

Is that liquid wealth or do you mean the houses they live in?

Children, grandchildren etc. never stop being dependants.

Pensioners use virtually no council services, just the odd bin collection and a few glimmers of light. The big users of council services are former council employees, those who don't own houses and children in education.

As you know.

Belongs in Rachel Thieves position at the least

Indeed. Its hard to see *what* the council actually does beyond fail to mend potholes, block planning applications (except for wind turbines) and occasionally empty the bins.

And possibly the same discount if you are on pension credit benefits.

Some pensioners live in large houses with loads of spare bedrooms while young people can't find a place to live - and now they want a discount on the Council Tax they pay on their big empty houses? They can take a running jump and move to a nice little flat if they don't like the Council tax. TW

Nonsense. Pensioners might not need much education but they need a LOT of Social Care, which makes them as a group a very heavy burden on Council Budgets

TW

Here, St. Albans take £2300 out of my pocket per year. (10 monthly payments and mostly going to Herts. County Council!)

Probably a couple of bands below normal because of restricted agricultural occupation.

If only UK state pensions were as generous as most of western Europe then there would no need for WFA, pension credit or other discounts

If unicode included the SarcMark™ I'd have used it ...

I use the roads, too.