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Click here for other articlesMabels Features contains articles of interest for you. It is edited by Jo Godden who has a regular talkback page. Sharing interests & experiences... Read Jo's views,tips and ideas ,then you can add your own by emailing her, just click here
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*Latest NewsKeep ahead of the latest news & information on the following
topics by clicking on one of the following links: Press release TWO MILLION PENSIONERS LIVING IN POVERTY It is 'unacceptable' that two million pensioners in the UK are still living in poverty, a group of MPs says. The Work and Pensions Committee says the figure is a third lower than it was in 1997, but wants ministers to commit to ending pensioner poverty altogether. It is also calling for the benefits system to be simplified for older people and the compulsory retirement age of 65 to be scrapped. The government said it recognised there was "more to do". One in five pensioners in the UK are classed as living in relative poverty. The complexity of the benefits system was cited as a key cause of poverty, with some 1.7m older people failing to claim money to which they are entitled. The committee said it must be simplified, particularly for claiming pension credit, which offers an income top-up of at least �120 a week to everyone over 60. The allowance given to pensioners in residential care should also be increased, MPs said, from the current �21.90 to �40 "to allow them to live fulfilled lives". Committee chairman, Terry Rooney said: "The government has committed to eradicating child poverty, now they need to commit to eradicating pensioner poverty. Many government strategies have worked well in the past, but are now showing diminishing returns." Mr Rooney said people planning for retirement needed "far more advice" on "everything from how much they need to save, life styling, annuities, and how to change their electricity supplier". Therefore, the government's proposed "one stop shop" for older people must be set up urgently and marketed well. A single phone line to allow people to easily claim all the benefits they are entitled to was also recommended. The committee also stressed the need to urgently abolish the default retirement age, saying it was "bad for society, bad for older people, and bad for the economy". "While no pensioner should be expected to work after 65, many would like to," it said, and those who do must also be protected from age discrimination. Pensions
Minister, Angela Eagle said more than 900,000 pensioners
had been lifted out of poverty since 1997. But she said
the government would study the recommendations in detail,
adding: "We recognise there is more to do, which
is why even in these difficult economic times, we have
targeted an extra �4bn to helping our pensioners this
year."
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Quick link summary of benefits, allowances, health & general resources for the elderlyClick here to browseThis resource will help you to find out whether
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