YOU HAVE YOUR SAY

EVERY week, Money Mail gets hundreds of letters about our stories. Here are some from our article about how pensioners are retiring on half the income they had a decade ago. . .

ONE of the biggest scandals of recent times is quantitative easing to prop up the economy after the financial crisis. It pushes down the yield on British government bonds. That robs everyone of their retirement income.

J.F., Pembrokeshire.

I DON’T buy this notion that pensioners are the victims of the financial crisis. They were able to buy homes when it was affordable to do so. The people who are really suffering are those on low wages who have to rent.

B.B., Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

I CONSIDER us pensioners lucky. We bought homes cheaply, paid off the mortgage and our triplelocked pensions protect our incomes from inflation.

S.T., Mazarron, Spain.

I UNDERSTAND that savings and annuity rates are low, but the people who are complaining haven’t prepared for retirement. Surely everyone in work can afford to save a little into a pension.

E.N., Stevenage, Hertfordshire.

AS A PENSIONER, I get poor rates on my savings, but my children are enjoying exceptionally low rates on their mortgages. There are winners and losers no matter what happens.

B.N., London.