How to secure your income in retirement...

How to secure your income in retirement....

....set up a scheme that pays you even after you have left the job.

Politicians don't you just love 'em. So John Major decided to set up a system to reward former prime ministers for work including answering letters and attending public events.

Yes I'm sure they do have to do some work for it.. ..but really, is it necessary to pay them thousands of pounds? Do they really add any value? Do they really need to be at public events - they're retired!! BBC News details the amounts, Blair, Thatcher, Major have claimed.

Shrewth, it's not like they do badly on pensions either, as per this statement, Regardless of how long he or she serves, any former Prime Minister is entitled to half his £194,250 salary index-linked against inflation for the rest of his life from this article.

Somebody please explain why I'm not justified in being "mildly" annoyed.

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lol, old John Major has just gone up in my estimation!

I thought he was a damp squid who was handed a poisoned chalice when he took over. Obviously not! He was doing some shrewd financial planning for the future. Must have wet himself laughing when he slipped that one through the commons

So if the tax payer is shelling out all this money, does that mean that they are now paying for their ongoing security, close protection officers etc?

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