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Age UK - The Cost of Cold - Non-MP Version.pdf

Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Energy Social Tariff, May 2023.pdf

bracing for yet another winter of sky-high bills. A combination of less Government support, exhausted savings accounts, and a mountain of energy debt means for many this winter is looking even tougher ... end of June is positive, longer term targeted action must be brought in to protect people over the winter. Fuel poverty1 rates have got worse as prices are double what they were two years ago and the additional

Energy Price Guarantee Parliamentary Briefing, September 2022.pdf

ill health, or living in homes which are very costly to heat, will still feel frightened about the winter ahead. Age UK is concerned that there is not enough targeted support for these vulnerable households ... robust plans on how it will be delivered. Older people in Northern Ireland also face an uncertain winter. Proportional funding will be allocated through the EPG but without a sitting Assembly to enact a

Age UK Spring Budget Response- March 2024.pdf

help older people struggling on low incomes. And it will do nothing to support with their costs next winter. The additional investment into the NHS is welcome but this will not begin to help tackle huge ... crucially, this leaves older people on low fixed incomes without recourse to this extra help through the winter months, when high energy bills provoke so much hardship and fear. “The extra investment announced

Why your festive fundraising matters.pdf

face a crisis hiding in plain sight this winter: loneliness. Most won’t see it. But Age UK does. And with your support, we won’t let older people spend a winter alone. Right now, all across the UK, we’re ... had improved since they started receiving Age UK friendship calls. £25 million a year in unclaimed benefits were identified. How we’re helping, thanks to supporters like you in 2024/25:

Age UK Parliamentary Briefing - Closing the fuel poverty gap (Sept 2025).pdf

too cold, my health deteriorates rapidly. I had to resort to staying in bed all day many times last winter due to the excessive cost of my heating, and the cost-of-living crisis." - An anonymous disabled ... An anonymous older person “I have rheumatoid arthritis and need to keep warm. Last winter I didn't receive the winter fuel allowance so had to endure having only one heated room in my home.” - Lucy, aged

Parliamentary Briefing - Switched Off (free TV licences for the over 75s) - January 2020.pdf

vulnerable older people, not the BBC’s, and the government should take back responsibility for a benefit which was introduced to tackle pensioner poverty. The government agreed the deal with the BBC without ... party to make decisions on universal benefits is a slippery slope. It runs the risk of other benefits like the bus pass being transferred to bus companies or the winter fuel allowance becoming the responsibility

Parliamentary Briefing How are older people managing the cost of living.pdf

low-to-modest incomes and older renters, are facing particular difficulties. Those receiving means-tested benefits are also more likely to struggle, suggesting that such support is not fully meeting people’s basic ... beginning of 2022i), high prices for everyday goods and the ending of Cost of Living payments and the Winter Fuel Payment for many pensioners. The findings paint a stark picture of life for many older people:

Energy (March 2022).pdf

UK anticipates tens of thousands more will become fuel poor over 2022. Older people receive the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP), which is much valued, however the standard rate of £200 for a couple under 80 ... The WHD provides £140 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

Energy Crisis Parliamentary Briefing.pdf

Parliamentary Briefing The Energy Crisis and supporting older people this winter October 2021 Background Energy bills have been rising rapidly. In response to rising prices, earlier this year Ofgem ... Government need to take immediate action to prevent this becoming a reality. Age UK’s position With winter rapidly approaching, we must ensure that protections are in place to support those struggling to