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state pension

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

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

Joanna Elson, chief executive at Independent Age, writes about why the state pension and social security system is failing to protect older people from poverty
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