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Pensioners

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help
silhouette of an elderly man leaning on a walking stick
Morgan Vine

Pensioners in poverty are isolated and eating only one meal a day – they need help

The government has announced a revived commission to review pensions. Independent Age is calling for more to be done to help pensioners in poverty cover the cost of living
Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change
Image of pensioner and young woman looking at laptop
Chris Brooks

Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill
an old woman sat on a bed looking stressed
RENTING

Sky-high rents mean ageing tenants 'won't be able to retire' – adding billions to the benefits bill

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: 'Finally the chancellor has seen sense'
Winter fuel payment

Majority of pensioners to get winter fuel payment: 'Finally the chancellor has seen sense'

Starmer's U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts 'long overdue' – but thousands could still miss out
Winter fuel payment

Starmer's U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts 'long overdue' – but thousands could still miss out

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The UK state pension is failing older people. We need change to protect pensioners
pensioner with his head in his hands
Joanna Elson

The UK state pension is failing older people. We need change to protect pensioners

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?
Winter fuel payment

Would reversing winter fuel payment cuts be enough to restore trust in Labour?

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns
Pensions

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP
pensioner looking out the window
Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners 'reduced to tears' by 'complex' forms when applying for help from DWP

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'
Secretary of State Peter Kyle hosts a launch event for the new Digital Centre of Government
Digital inclusion

Labour reveals plan to 'take everybody into a new digital era': 'It's a difference between us and Tories'

More than 24 million Brits don't earn enough for a 'decent standard of living', report finds
people walking in london
Cost of living

More than 24 million Brits don't earn enough for a 'decent standard of living', report finds

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change
elderly woman washing food in tap water
Andy Slaughter MP

Nearly one million older people in the UK could face water poverty by 2029. We need change

Letters: A landlord exodus? Sounds fabulous
Letters

Letters: A landlord exodus? Sounds fabulous

This ice sculpture makes a powerful point about pensioners after winter fuel payment cut
Pensioner Rob Trewhella stands next to an ice sculpture in his image as a protest to cuts to winter fuel payments
Winter fuel payment

This ice sculpture makes a powerful point about pensioners after winter fuel payment cut

Millions of pensioners in 'desperate need' lose winter fuel payment: 'We fear what will happen'
pensioner with his head in his hands
Winter fuel payment

Millions of pensioners in 'desperate need' lose winter fuel payment: 'We fear what will happen'

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
pensioner
Benefits

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

'Christmas is out': Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour's winter fuel payment cuts
Winter Fuel Payment

'Christmas is out': Meet the pensioners cancelling Christmas over Labour's winter fuel payment cuts

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?
Winter fuel payment

Every Scottish pensioner to get winter fuel payment. Will Labour follow and finally U-turn on cuts?

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: 'It's a political choice'
a view from above of an older person with white hair eating out of a pot
Winter fuel payment

Winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned: 'It's a political choice'

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty
Labour prime minister Keir Starmer
Winter fuel payment

DWP admits winter fuel payment cuts will plunge tens of thousands of pensioners into poverty

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating
a woman sitting in a bed wrapped in a duvet
Energy bills

Energy bills set to rise in January as millions 'dangerously' rationing heating

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Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support
a pensioner holding a walking stick
Pension credit

Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog
pensioners sat together
Winter fuel payment

'This will be costly': Fears pensioners may miss out on DWP winter support over pension credit backlog

'It's disastrous': Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts
pensioner holding up sign 'cold kills old people'
Winter fuel payment

'It's disastrous': Furious pensioners call on government to reverse winter fuel payment cuts

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: 'Disappointing'
pensioners
Pensioners

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners miss out DWP pension credit worth £1,900: 'Disappointing'

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