Seems fair

I have been advised that letters about what will happen to the old state  pension next month can include the information: ‘Age addition of 25p per week will be payable from your 80th Birthday’.
    This ‘bonus’ was introduced in 1971 and represented 4% of the pension rate then, which means it should be £7 now.
    The fact that it is still being paid at the same antique rate to certain Oldies is now seen as nothing more than the government sticking up two fingers at them.
    Maybe our MPs, who have just received a generous pay rise, should be required to spend some time on the 1971 salary and expenses regime to find out how funny the joke is.