Polly Toynbee suggests that her lucky generation of homeowners with work pensions should be targeted to provide much-needed assistance for those less fortunate (Pensioner poverty is at a new high – so why are older people still voting Tory?, 18 March). As someone who relies on a work pension (and who has never voted Tory), might I point out that I and millions of others pay tax on this pension in the same way as I have done all my adult life.
Also, like many people in a similar situation, I use this modest pension to help support adult children who are either forced to rent privately or are required to pay an arm and a leg to get on the property ladder.
