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above average proportion of ethnic minorities disability/ poor health high prevalence of pensioner poverty 19 This follows the same pattern as the evidence above from Figure 2, with the addition ... One respondent said that they were told not to touch the computers where they worked in case they lost everything on it. Fear Many older people in the Qa qualitative research49 quoted fear of computers
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objectively justifying a mandatory retirement age for employees. Clarifying the distinction between State Pension Age and retirement could help adjust expectations of what constitutes objective justification. The ... opportunity to work for as long as they need or want to. An increasing number of people over State Pension Age are remaining in employment, clearly demonstrating that many older people want to continue working
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the UK, up to £5 billion in Pension Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit goes unclaimed by older people. Rising living costs are also causing hardship for pensioners. Take a look at the guides ... claiming benefits for people over pension age If you’re over 60, you could be entitled to benefits and concessions you haven’t been able to claim before such as Pension Credit, Winter Fuel Payment, Attendance
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ease. We welcome proposals regarding tackling age related poverty, including increasing take up of Pension Credit. We believe that public services should be proactive in informing older people when they become ... People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales (available at www.agecymru.org.uk). Accessing food and prescriptions
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in enforcing market discipline? As past experience has shown only too often (mortgage endowments, pension charges and many more examples) individual due diligence is a very imperfect tool in consumer markets ... recognised in changes to insurance law around disclosure of material information and in moves to cap pension early exit fees and default 4 fund charges. While enforcing good practice, improving transparency
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Work & Pensions Select Committee Inquiry Response Welfare to work Ref: 1915 August 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational ... with Age UK Cymru, Age UK NI and Age UK Scotland. Key points and recommendations With State Pension ages rising and more people needing to work for longer, it is inevitable that the welfare-to-work
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that the levels of poverty remain high and are impacting all parts of the population, including pensioners.1 Housing We believe it’s important that Welsh Government’s proposed actions to decarbonise homes ... demonstrate otherwise. For those people aged 50 or over who are within three years of their State Pension age and realistically have a very low chance of working again – especially people claiming Employment
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initial steps to register and followed this up at a suitable time. “obviously when you’re on a pension you’ve got to watch your money a little bit but I did a deal with BT and I wasn’t paying much more ... aware of courses is important and difficult to predict. “one [reason in pursuing] was I’d not long lost my parents, and I was feeling quite isolated. I thought the computer would be a way of engaging more
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with changes to the state pension age, many more older people in their 60s are now living with anxieties from work and financial insecurity. Changes to women’s state pension age was also mentioned in this
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People’s Alliance (COPA), Welsh Senate of Older People, Active Wales, National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales worked together to gather the experiences of people aged 50 or over
