“Not much additional cost” has to be really low in aggregate. The allowance is 200 quid a year per household. If someone phones twice to check on it that’s pretty much blown the saving.
It’s obviously mostly about perception, and the principle behind the message they want to send is reasonable, but targeting pensioners at the borderline of the cutoff is hardly effective redistributive justice.
“Not much additional cost” has to be really low in aggregate. The allowance is 200 quid a year per household. If someone phones twice to check on it that’s pretty much blown the saving.
It’s obviously mostly about perception, and the principle behind the message they want to send is reasonable, but targeting pensioners at the borderline of the cutoff is hardly effective redistributive justice.