Annette

Cricket Widow. Life's a beach...

[Annette @buglet2]

@jgilchrist13 @GrumpyOldRick Me too! Roll on October 🎶😍

[Annette @buglet2]

@JillMansell Thanks for the reminder! I forget every year and then your tweets remind me! Off to Waitrose first thing in the morning to get some! 😋😍

[Annette @buglet2]

@JillMansell Did you enjoy the opera? 🎶❤️

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

News. The Chancellor's just announced Winter Fuel Payments will no longer be universal to all pensioners, now only pensioners on benefits will get it - in my view that's too narrow a group. Here's my formal statement to @RachelReevesMP ...
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The targeting of Winter Fuel Payments is too narrow with the winter we have coming. Pensioners were already due to get less as this will be the first time since winter 2022 they haven’t got the up to £300 extra winter fuel cost of living top-up.

The Energy Price Cap is likely to rise 10% this October and stay high across the winter, leaving most energy bills nearly double those pre-crisis, at levels unaffordable for millions.

Many pensioners eke out the £100 to £300 Winter Fuel Payments to allow them to keep some heating on through the cold months. While there's an argument for ending its universality due to tight national finances, it's being squeezed to too narrow a group – just those on benefits and Pension Credit.

Yet again, those just above the thresholds will be hardest hit. This is often justified as there's a 'lack of household income data' to allow other targeting. However, there's a usable precedent from the emergency energy crisis measures announced in April 2022, which I'd urge the Government to look at.

Then, a payment was made to homes in council tax bands A to D – as an imperfect but workable proxy for lower household incomes. That'd allow an additional group of lower to middle-income pensioners to keep the payments and mitigate bill shocks. Councils' discretionary funds could also be funded as in April 2022, for the limited numbers who still need help but don't qualify.

Plus, with this announcement, the Government has a huge moral imperative to ensure the 800,000 people eligible for Pension Credit who don't get it, are informed, educated and helped through the process. It is planning an awareness-raising campaign, but it needs to ensure that reaches every corner – and if possible proactively and personally contact people.

Pension Credit is a crucial gateway benefit, giving access to a host of other entitlements, and now with the link to the Winter Fuel Payment, it makes it even more important to ensure fewer miss out."

[Annette @buglet2]

@biker_stewie @Coffeemate 175g less at the same already overinflated price. Time to switch to another brand. 🙄

[Annette @buglet2]

@juliepatel_09 @JustEatUK Same here. Asked for order number to sort it out then went quiet. No refund. Still waiting @JustEatUK 🤔

[Annette @buglet2]

@juliepatel_09 @JustEatUK I ordered an Indian through just eat and two items were wrong/missing and they asked for photos to confirm which I supplied then refused to refund the £7.75 Totally disgusted and won’t use @JustEatUK again

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a Peugeot e-208 ! It’s free to enter & you have until 31st July. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA32fX

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a Citroën Ami ! It’s free to enter & you have until 30th June. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA32fX

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a ORA Funky Cat worth over £32k! It’s free to enter & you have until 31st May. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA32fX

[Annette @buglet2]

@millymousse Who are you calling shawt?! 😜😘

[Annette @buglet2]

@lauraewelsh 😳😂

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a BYD Atto 3 worth over £38k! It’s free to enter & you have until 31st April. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA32fX

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a Citroën Model ë-C4 worth over £34k! It’s free to enter & you have until 31st March. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA32fX

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a MG Model MG4 worth over £26k! It’s free to enter & you have until 28th February. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA3A5v

[Annette @buglet2]

@DesperateAnnie It’s deelish! 😳😋

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a Honda E worth over £36k! It’s free to enter & you have until 30th December. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA3A5v

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK’s monthly️ #ElectricCarGiveaway & you can too! This month’s prize is a Renault Zoe worth over £27k! It’s free to enter & you have until 30th November. All information (including Ts&Cs) can be found here: https://t.co/HqbnAA3A5v

[Annette @buglet2]

@EricIdle You’ll be missed too. Don’t rush off too soon, there’s still time for loads more fun, joy and laughter x

[Annette @buglet2]

I just entered @AutoTrader_UK's monthly️ Electric Car Giveaway and you can too! This month’s prize is a Renault Zoe, worth over £27k! It's free to enter #ElectricCarGiveaway