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  1. Ethincity_and_financial_disadvantge_in_later_life_May_2021.pdf

    poverty as White pensioners. • Older minority ethnic groups have lower average incomes, are more likely to receive means-tested benefits, and less likely to receive private pensions. • Ethnic groups who ... improved employment opportunities for people from minority ethnic groups and better access to private pensions. • Age UK continues to support automatic enrolment, but this should be strengthened, for example

  2. Cost of living parliamentary briefing - May 2022.pdf

    the Bank of England predicting that inflation will reach more than 10% this year, and with State Pension and benefits having only increased by 3.1% in April 2022, this leaves a worrying gap in older people’s ... and the State Pension during this financial year, so they keep pace with inflation.   • The Government must do a lot more to ensure everyone eligible for benefits, particularly Pension Credit, receives

  3. Policy and research update (December 2018) (PDF)

    Evidence Review > Changes this month mean that people will no longer be able to receive their State Pension on their 65th birthday, yet our research shows that not many people coming up to retirement are aware

  4. Financial Entitlements (Dec 2021).pdf

    Policy Position Paper Financial Entitlements (Region varies) Also see policy positions on State Pensions, Poverty and Financial Disadvantage, and Employment December 2021 The benefit and entitlement ... boost income for those in work should ensure that work pays. Introduction In addition to the State Pension, there are a range of different social security entitlements. These can be means-tested, based on

  5. Age UK, Pathways to work evidence submission, May 2025 FINAL.pdf

    1 Evidence submission Get Britain Working: Pathways to Work Work and Pensions Committee May 2025 policy@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts ... impacts on people over State Pension age (‘pensioners’). Key points and evidence Many pensioners receive PIP While PIP is only open for new applications for people under State Pension age, many people continue

  6. Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Winter Fuel Payment November 2024.pdf

    The Government’s decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) means around 2.5 million pensioners living in poverty or just above the poverty line will no longer receive the payment. The way that ... and no compensatory measures, fails to protect pensioners on low incomes or who are living in vulnerable circumstances. Pension Credit and the State Pension Triple Lock, while vitally important, will not

  7. TV licences briefing.pdf

    The 5 reasons why means-testing the over-75s free TV licence means many of the poorest pensioners are certain to miss out On June 9th 2019 the BBC announced that from June 2020 they intend to make TV licences ... can prove (‘self validate’) they are receiving Pension Credit. Pension Credit is the main means-tested benefit that exists to buoy up very low pensioner incomes. As a single person you have to be on less

  8. Poverty and financial disadvantage (Dec 2021).pdf

    and future pensioners should have enough money from state and private sources to live comfortably and participate fully in society Pensioner poverty in the UK There are 2.1 million pensioners (18 per cent) ... 38 per cent of pensioners who are private tenants and 36 per cent of social rented sector tenants live in poverty, compared to 14 per cent of older people who own their home. • Pensioners from minority

  9. Energy (March 2022).pdf

    people receive the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP), which is much valued, however the standard rate of £200 for a couple under 80 has remained the same for over 20 years. The Government and sector regulator ... to help older people claiming Pension Credit and others receiving lowincome benefits with their energy bills. To help people when temperatures get exceptionally low, Pension Credit recipients also qualify

  10. Cold at home polling briefing, Feb 2025.pdf

    virtually no notice and no mitigation for people on low incomes and who do not claim Pension Credit – fails to protect pensioners on low incomes or who are living in vulnerable circumstances. Age UK continues ... cost of energy through UK-wide polling. The most recent polling data, from respondents of State Pension age or older (aged 66+),2 was collected between 6 and 16 January 2025.3 Overall, they show that the

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