The same here, we are far better of than a lot on just the state pension. There is a very strong toothless in Suffolk campaign as people do their own extraxtions etc. My MP the Minister for Turds told me with no NHS dentist "to go to my GP or NHS direct" if I had toothpain.
Our local food banks are v popular & the port of Felixstowe now only pays minimum wage & I believe zero hours contracts. The Tories also want to make it a freeport so the UK labour laws don't apply.
Whoever is in charge needs a good kicking, I dont think the next lot will be different.
I lived near the HS2 route thorugh Bucks for 22 years & watched the progress to implementation with amazement given the clear non financial case. To do all that waste & destruction for zero gain whilst the poor suffer really gets to me.
Yes we are indeed fortunate to be well furnished for retirement but as you know many in our area are not and like your place the Food Banks are thriving. The vast divide in incomes down here at least has a positive side to it albeit a paradox but we all seem to share and contribute as much as we can in our own small way, but that is all it takes if everyone than can, does a little bit.
There is a similar Self Dental Group in Cornwall that has appeared on Spotlight.
It will be a relief when the Tories get kicked into touch after so many years of getting rid of assets and investing in White Elephants, I only wish we had a viable alternative, all I hear from Starmer and his Rotweiller is criticism but no real solid alternatives, we shall see in time.
