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Toolkit launched to help increase Pension Credit uptake
Independent Age has launched a toolkit sharing “Good practice examples and principles” aimed at helping boost Pension Credit take up at a local level.
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Charities and housing providers respond to Budget
This was, we were told, a Budget aimed at achieving growth and getting older people back to work. Will it succeed? And, as well as what was IN the Budget, what was left out? The votes are in from AAA members Age UK, Independent Age, Anchor Housing and The Centre for Ageing Better.
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Call to protect volunteers from cost-of-living crisis
A coalition of major UK charities, led by the Community Transport Association, is calling on the Chancellor to protect employees and volunteers from the impact of the rising cost of motoring in his upcoming Spring Budget.
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Forced pre-payment meters leading to vulnerable older people “self-disconnecting”
Age UK has called for pre-payment meter amnesty with research showing that over half a million older households – one in four of ALL pre-payment meter customers – are now dependent on this pricier, pay-as-you-go form of energy.
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Don’t panic! Under-siege DWP extends deadline to give State Pensions a boost
If you’ve found yourself doing a Blondie impression recently, and hanging on the telephone for hours trying to boost your future State Pension, you can relax (for now, anyway).
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“Not enough to live on”: new report reveals stark reality of pensioner poverty in Scotland
The stark reality of living in poverty in later life in Scotland has been revealed, with a new report from Independent Age that details how older people are going without essentials including food and heating.
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Warning that accelerating retirement age will impoverish millions in later life
With 3.5 million 50 to 64-year olds are out of the workforce, many in poor health and with few savings, Age UK is warning that any Government decision to accelerate the rise in Pension Age will condemn millions to a miserable and impoverished run up to retirement – and often beyond too.
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What do workers want? A pension and good advice
If employers want to solve their recruitment crisis, then they should be looking hard at the pension they are offering – and the advice they are providing for their staff’s retirement finances. That’s the biggest takeaway from a new survey of HR professionals by AAA members Punter Southall Aspire.
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Charities call on Chancellor to introduce discounted energy bills for low-income households
New research by Age UK reveals strong support for a social energy tariff amongst the over-60s, with 71 per cent – increasing to 76 per cent of those with a disability – agreeing that a social energy tariff should be available for those who need it most.
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Number of later life renters set to grow and face financial precarity
The Centre for Ageing Better has voiced concerns about increasing numbers of people spending their later lives in unsafe and inaccessible rented homes and facing financial precarity. The past ten years have seen a sharp rise in the number of adults in middle age living in the private rented sector, new data from the English…
