JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF.CO.NZ John Sinclair, 68, and Bona Sinclair, 70, have been left with $55 a week after rent due to Work and Income cutting John's pension. A Christchurch man` pension was slashed nearly 80 per cent after he married a US pensioner, forcing the couple to rely on food parcels for two months. John Sinclair, 68, married Bona Sinclair, 70, in December 2015 and the couple lived `comfortably` on his fortnightly pension of $750 and her US social security payment of $1200 a month. But in May, all of his entitlements were cut while the couple were on a holiday in the US paid for from Bona Sinclair`s divorce settlement. When they returned to New Zealand, a $26,000 bill was...
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