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“No end to the nightmare in sight”: Charities respond to Ofgem’s price cap announcement
Charities are expressing their concerns that – despite the reduction in average energy bills as from July – many pensioner households will face real hardship in the months ahead.
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Pension credit take up “a drop in the ocean”
Independent Age reacts to disappointing Pension Credit caseload statistics: “These numbers show that the government’s broad brush approach of awareness raising simply isn’t working fast enough.”
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Pressure grows on Scottish Government to establish an Older People’s Commissioner
Over 30 organisations, including AAA members Independent Age, Age UK Scotland, Ageing Without Children and The Civil Service Retirement Fellowship, have issued a Consensus Statement on an Older People’s Commissioner for Scotland.
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Older people urged to act now to receive £301 cost of living payment
Time is fast running out for eligible older people to apply to receive £301 from the Government’s 2023/24 cost of living support package, says Independent Age, the national older person’s charity.
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“We need our banks,” say millions of the UK’s older population
With bank branches continuing to close all around the country, a new Age UK report reveals that four in 10 over 65s with a bank account do not manage their money online, while three in four account-holders aged 65+ want to carry out at least one transaction in a branch.
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Unclaimed Pension Credit “the equivalent of 454,000 average households’ energy bills”
On Thursday 27th April, national older people’s charity Independent Age delivered an overdue invoice for over £1.1bn to the government, to highlight the massive amount of Pension Credit that’s still going unclaimed.
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Low income pensioner households to receive £301 Cost of Living boost – but only if they have applied for Pension Credit
The vital need for low income pensioner households to apply for the benefits to which they are entitled is being highlighted by the Government’s announcements that over eight million households across the UK – including many pensioners – will receive a £301 Cost of Living Payment from the Government, with payments rolled out from 25…
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Future generations face a rocky retirement, concludes IFS report
A new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies has laid bare a series of major challenges for the pensions industry – and for future generations of retirees. By Tony Watts OBE.
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Are you or your parents claiming your full entitlements?
With benefits and allowances increasing from 10 April, now is the ideal time to make sure you, or the people you care for, are claiming everything to which they are entitled.
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Research reveals enormous toll of cost of living crisis on older people’s mental health and wellbeing
Age UK has launched a new campaign called “Know What To Do” following research which reveals that, in January, 60% of older people were worried about being able to heat their homes when they wanted to, and 45% were worried about affording other essentials such as food.
