Labour pledges £58bn ‘compensation package’ for women hit by state pension age hike
Payouts of up to £31,000 will be made to millions of women hit by the state pension age hike.
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Pensions
MPs call for the restoration of free tv licences for all over-75’s
BBC should not be "administering welfare benefits", says Committee.
Read moreWASPI women lose High Court battle against state pension age hike
Campaigners vow to continue the fight.
Read moreNew DWP Secretary called for ‘tax on pensioners’
Tories can't be trusted on pensions, says SNP MP.
Read moreUK pensioners ‘suffering the worst poverty rate in western Europe’
Tories warned against further rises to the state pension age.
Read moreMixed-age couples urged to claim benefits or lose out on up to £35,000
Almost a third of mixed-age couples could lose out on £35k because of Pension Credit rule change.
Read moreBoris Johnson offers an olive branch to WASPI women
Tory leadership favourite promised "to doing everything I possibly can to sorting out" the issue.
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Pension credit cuts will leave some of the poorest pensioners up to £7,000 worse off
The Tories’ pension credit cut comes into force from the 15th May.
Read moreState pension age changes risk widening social inequalities, says thinktank
State Pension reforms risk exacerbating social inequalities, rather than alleviate them.
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UN calls on Tories to scrap ‘perverse’ two-child benefit cap and rape clause
Report also warns that Universal Credit risks trapping domestic abuse victims in situations of poverty and violence.
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Majority of people facing £7k pension credit cut are disabled, figures show
UK Government urged to reverse planned cuts to pension credit.
Read moreThousands of pension credit claimants set to lose up to £7,000 a year
Tories warned that changes to pension credit could push mixed-age pensioner couples to food banks.
Read more40,000 pensioners set to lose an average of £5,500 a year, say Labour
Major cut in support for pensioners that will total £400 million over the next 3 years.
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More than 200,000 parents could be missing out on State Pension
New figures from HMRC show that over 200,000 parents may be in this situation.
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Universal Credit ‘stealth cut’ could cost mixed-age couples £7,000 a year
Announcement was quietly "sneaked out" while everyone was fixated on the unfolding Brexit drama in parliament.
Read moreThousands of pensioners failing to claim over £1,000 a year in state benefits
Call for more information and benefits advice to be made available for pensioner homeowners.
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Tories under mounting pressure to ‘end injustice’ for WASPI women
Government ministers grilled by MPs over 3.8million women facing 'pensions inequality'.
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‘Budget for older people’ needed to tackle pensioner poverty, says SNP
Government must deliver a 'budget for older people' to boost incomes and tackle pensioner poverty.
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Wealthiest Brits handed nearly half of pension tax relief, shocking research reveals
Nearly half of Government spending on pension tax relief is handed out to the richest 10% of eligible savers.
Read moreCharity condemns ‘rising tide of pensioner poverty’
Around one in six Scottish pensioners are living in poverty and struggling to pay bills or put food on the...
Read moreTories reject calls to aid women hit by state pension age increase
Labour MP Jack Dromey claimed women are "suffering and losing out due to the acceleration of the state pension age...
Read morePM urged to ‘end the injustice’ faced by WASPI women
SNP Leader at Westminster Ian Blackford says the PM "should do the right thing" and give WASPI women the pension...
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Benefits freeze to remain in force for at least another year
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Debbie Abrahams MP, said the freeze "has had an extremely detrimental impact upon millions of...
Read moreShocking 97% of eligible carers missing out on state pension boost
Scheme designed to help carers of disabled people build better state pension pots has failed to reach 97% of its...
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