iam sorry but i think your wrong, my husband has worker since he was 16 and paid his pension all his life our children have had child care so i could work and we have never had hand outs as you call it, but just remember when you get to the age when you need your pension and its at an all time low, how are you going to support your self without hand outs from goverment as you may think you entitled to say £300 per mth on you pension but the cost of living is going to rise and your £300 per mth wont go no where, my husband along with the rest of the public sector are trying to get a fair deal for all