#PensionerPoverty

1 month ago

The Truth About the Equality Act | Reform Proposes Repealing Equality Act | Amnesty International UK YouTube video by Amnesty International UK

The Truth About the #EqualityAct | Reform UK Proposes Repealing the Act

Farage thrives on Division, & cares nothing for the Working/Middle Classes!
#ClassWar
#PensionerPoverty
#ChildPoverty
#FarageIsAFraud

#SaveTheECHR
#ProtectTheEqualityAct
#NeverReform

#ToriesGone595
youtube.com/shorts/md2A8...

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Policy Modelling For Health

1 month ago

The Truth About the Equality Act | Reform Proposes Repealing Equality Act | Amnesty International UK YouTube video by Amnesty International UK

The Truth About the #EqualityAct | Reform UK Proposes Repealing the Act

Farage thrives on Division, & cares nothing for the Working/Middle Classes!
#ClassWar
#PensionerPoverty
#ChildPoverty
#FarageIsAFraud

#SaveTheECHR
#ProtectTheEqualityAct
#NeverReform

#ToriesGone594
youtube.com/shorts/md2A8...

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@healthmod.bsky.social

1 month ago

Compiled by @cempaessex.bsky.social key findings include:
•Modest reductions in overall #Poverty & #ChildPoverty, but increases #PensionerPoverty
•Net fiscal improvement of £1.0–£1.4 billion per year
•Minimal change to overall income inequality, impacts concentrated among specific household groups

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Morgan Vine

@morganvine.bsky.social

2 months ago

Thanks to the Work and Pensions Committee and Chair @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social for inviting us to give evidence to their important inquiry on what policy interventions could be put in place to mitigate the rise of the State Pension age #StatePension #pensioners #pensionerpoverty #costofliving

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Verminous Scot

@etkwebster.bsky.social

4 months ago

UK pensioners who receive 1 of the worst state pension in the developed world will probably now pay tax on their pensions.
"The UK ranks last among G7 nations in state pension generosity"
The recent increase will be wiped out by the tax they will now have to pay.
#PensionerPoverty

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Debbie Abrahams MP

@debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social

6 months ago

Graphic for International Day of Older Persons

Yesterday was International Day for Older Persons. As
Chair of the #WorkandPensionsSelectCommittee I
launched an inquiry into #PensionerPoverty.

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Verminous Scot

@etkwebster.bsky.social

6 months ago

an elderly man is sitting in a couch clapping his hands and saying `` happy retirement '' . ALT: an elderly man is sitting in a couch clapping his hands and saying `` happy retirement '' .

Worst state pension in the developed world and his private pension we need to pay tax and get no state benefits at all so full rent and council tax on half the amount of income.
#PensionerPoverty

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Centre for Ageing Better

@ageingbetter.bsky.social

7 months ago

Centre for Ageing Better supports pensioner poverty recommendations The Work and Pensions Committee report on Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations, highlights many of the challenges that older people are experiencing. The Centre for Ageing Better endorses…

Read more in our press release: buff.ly/KaGxz7J

#AgeingBetter #PensionerPoverty #Pensions #Ageing #OlderAge

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Debbie Abrahams MP

@debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social

8 months ago

The Work and Pensions Committee has today published our report into #PensionerPoverty.

The report recommends that to boost incomes, the government needs to come up with a strategy to increase pension credit take-up. It's a scandal that so many have missed out for so many years, often through an..

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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com

@informingbritain.com

8 months ago

"PENSIONER POVERTY IS WORST IN THE NORTH"
#RalphBlackburn for @yorkshirepost.co.uk

New figures paint a "bleak picture" of #PensionerPoverty.
Members of Parliament urge UK Government to launch a cross-departmental strategy.

#YorkshirePost
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#IBPAPERS

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Trisha Elliott

@trishaelliott.bsky.social

9 months ago

Interesting, but unsurprising, to find the UK fairly high on this list.

#Poverty
#PensionerPoverty

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Thomas MORE

@thomamore.bsky.social

9 months ago

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The OECD report reveals stark disparities in elderly incomes across Europe, with high poverty rates in Eastern European nations like Estonia and Latvia, while wealthier countries like Norway and Iceland have robust welfare systems that mitigate poverty.

#PensionerPoverty #ElderlyIncome #OECD

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10 months ago

Good Morning and a very Happy #SocialistSunday Mark ✊✌

#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#PensionerPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#SaveWFA
#TaxTheSuperRich

🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
#StopTheGenocide
#StopArmingIsrael
#ArrestNetanyahu

#SaveTheChildren🕊🕊
🇺🇸 🇸🇪 #FundUNRWA
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸 🍉

#ToriesGone324

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We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England—an independent voice to champion their needs. The UK Government may consider options, but not soon. Email your MP today and urge them to p...

10 months ago

#ToriesGone317

#IndependentAge
#VoiceForLaterLife

#Labour #Change
#PensionerPoverty
#PensionCredit
#SaveWFA
#WinterKills

Please Sign/RT the Open Letter telling your MP that we need a #CommissionerForOlderPeopleAndAgeing in England NOW!
Thanks 👇
campaigns.independentage.org/page/171376/...

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We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England—an independent voice to champion their needs. The UK Government may consider options, but not soon. Email your MP today and urge them to p...

10 months ago

#ToriesGone316

#IndependentAge
#VoiceForLaterLife

#Labour #Change
#PensionerPoverty
#PensionCredit
#SaveWFA
#WinterKills

Please Sign/RT the Open Letter telling your MP that we need a #CommissionerForOlderPeopleAndAgeing in England NOW!
Thanks 👇
campaigns.independentage.org/page/171376/...

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Help keep up the pressure against Winter Fuel Payment cuts! Changes to Winter Fuel Payment have been a disaster. Millions of pensioners still face uncertainty over their energy bills. MPs must act and show their support towards a review. Email your MP today an...

11 months ago

#ToriesGone307

#Labour #Change
@IndependentAge #WFP
#PensionerPoverty
#WinterKills
#AusterityKills

Help keep up the pressure!

Please Sign/RT the Open Letter to your MP, calling on Our Govt to review the changes to the #WinterFuelPayment! Thanks 👇

campaigns.independentage.org/page/170839/...

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Help keep up the pressure against Winter Fuel Payment cuts! Changes to Winter Fuel Payment have been a disaster. Millions of pensioners still face uncertainty over their energy bills. MPs must act and show their support towards a review. Email your MP today an...

11 months ago

#ToriesGone306

#Labour #Change
@IndependentAge #WFP
#PensionerPoverty
#WinterKills
#AusterityKills

Help keep up the pressure!

Please Sign/RT the Open Letter to your MP, calling on Our Govt to review the changes to the #WinterFuelPayment! Thanks 👇

campaigns.independentage.org/page/170839/...

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#ForTheMany

@socialistsociety.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Cutbacks:
How #OlderPeople are managing #CostOfLiving in time of #RisingEnergyPrices...
Lots of Info ~ Please Read & RP www.ageuk.org.uk/siteassets/d... age-uk.bsky.social #AgeUK

#EnergyRipOff
#Elderly #Vulnerable #Pensioners #PensionerPoverty #Poverty #FuelPoverty #EatOrHeat #PeopleNotProfit

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1 year ago

Reeves thinks she’s facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. We have a political crisis. YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

#ToriesGone262

#CutInterestRates
#FundPublicServices
#SaveOurNHS
#ChildPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#PensionerPoverty
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#TaxTheSuperRich

Reeves thinks she's facing an Economic Crisis. She's Wrong. We have a Political Crisis.
youtu.be/b6EEzOofQbM?...

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1 year ago

Reeves thinks she’s facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. We have a political crisis. YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

#ToriesGone261

#CutInterestRates
#FundPublicServices
#SaveOurNHS
#ChildPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#PensionerPoverty
#PovertyIsAPoliticalChoice
#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#TaxTheSuperRich

Reeves thinks she's facing an Economic Crisis. She's Wrong. We have a Political Crisis.
youtu.be/b6EEzOofQbM?...

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#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#CorporateGreed
#InWorkPoverty
#ScrapTheCap
#WinterFuelAllowance
#PensionerPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#WinterKills

1 year ago

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1 year ago

Signed and shared Jerry

#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#CorporateGreed
#InWorkPoverty
#ScrapTheCap
#WinterFuelAllowance
#PensionerPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#WinterKills

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1 year ago

Happy #SocialistSunday Jon

#SOSNHS 💙 #SOSNHS
💙 #SaveNHSDentists 💙
#KeepOurNHSPublic
#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#CorporateGreed
#InWorkPoverty
#ScrapTheCap
#WinterFuelAllowance
#PensionerPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#WinterKills

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#ChildPovertyIsCriminal
#CorporateGreed
#InWorkPoverty
#ScrapTheCap
#WinterFuelAllowance
#PensionerPoverty
#DisabilityRights
#WinterKills

1 year ago

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WeRThe48Percent

@werthe48percent.bsky.social

1 year ago

Petition: Introduce an annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable Energy Firms Energy Bills in the UK are some of the highest in Europe & at the same time the Energy Firms continue to make large profits Introduce an Annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable firms & use the mon...

@matthew-wright.bsky.social A quick plug would be great Matty - keep those bikes running, have a great weekend!

Introduce an annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable Energy Firms #WinterFuelPayment #WinterFuelAllowance #PensionerPoverty #HelpTheAged petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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WeRThe48Percent

@werthe48percent.bsky.social

1 year ago

Petition: Introduce an annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable Energy Firms Energy Bills in the UK are some of the highest in Europe & at the same time the Energy Firms continue to make large profits Introduce an Annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable firms & use the mon...

Petition: Introduce an annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable Energy Firms #WinterFuelPayment #WinterFuelAllowance #PensionerPoverty #HelpTheAged petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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WeRThe48Percent

@werthe48percent.bsky.social

1 year ago

Petition: Introduce an annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable Energy Firms Energy Bills in the UK are some of the highest in Europe & at the same time the Energy Firms continue to make large profits Introduce an Annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable firms & use the mon...

Petition: Introduce an annual Windfall Tax on the most profitable Energy Firms (UK Petition) #WinterFuelPayment #WinterFuelAllowance #PensionerPoverty #HelpTheAged petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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