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Published: 18 October 2007

No to humiliation, but yes to ‘generous’ benefits means-testing

• I WOULD like to answer the letter you printed concerning pensions (Should pensioners face means-test humiliation? October 4).
Without wanting to offend anyone I have to say (as a pensioner myself) that they should be means-tested.
In fact, all non-contributory benefits should be means-tested, albeit with a reasonably generous ethos, otherwise people who don’t need them will receive them. And don’t forget that they are paid for by taxpayers.
MARGARET KING
Belsize Grove, NW3

Send your letters to: The Letters Editor, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London, NW1 9DR or email to letters@camdennewjournal.co.uk. The deadline for letters is midday Tuesday. The editor regrets that anonymous letters cannot be published, although names and addresses can be withheld. Please include a full name, postal address and telephone number. Letters may be edited for reasons of space.

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