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with Swansea University’s Graduate Support Programme, utilising Welsh Government funding via the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Older people in Wales: facts and statistics September ... poverty and benefits ................................................................. 11 9.1 Fuel poverty .........................................................................................
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have left many women waiting longer for their State Pension with little time to plan. The Winter Fuel Payment and the bus pass make an important difference to the lives of many older people on low and ... move to reduce support, for example abandoning the triple lock or removing benefits such as Winter Fuel Payments, could see poverty rates rise again. 6. In terms of overall income levels, since the mid-1990s
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home 29 Around the world 35 Funding and finance 41 How we raise our funds 43 Planning for 2013/14 and beyond 47 Financial review 48 Corporate governance 57 Age UK and its ... campaign, the Government committed to implementing the proposals of the Dilnot Commission on the funding of care. Although the proposals are less generous than we would have liked this still amounts to
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Universal Credit Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance Personal Independence Payment Winter Fuel Payment pensions administered under the War Pensions Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme lottery
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have left many women waiting longer for their State Pension with little time to plan. The Winter Fuel Payment and the bus pass make an important difference to the lives of many older people on low and ... move to reduce support, for example abandoning the triple lock or removing benefits such as Winter Fuel Payments, could see poverty rates rise again. 6. In terms of overall income levels, since the mid-1990s
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cover your rent in full. Winter Fuel Payment (see page 23) How much? One annual payment, of between £100 and £300, paid to all eligible pensioner households to help with fuel costs. Cold Weather Payment (see ... puts us at risk of cold-related illnesses such as a heart attack, a stroke or even hypothermia. High fuel costs can make heating your home a challenge – but the good news is that if you were born on or before
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• Page 16: In 2020-21, most people born on or before 5 October 1954 are entitled to the Winter Fuel Payment. • Page 17, 18, 19 & 24: The Speakeasy Energy Advice service is no longer available. •
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3 2.1 Habitual Residence Test 3 2.2 Ordinary residence 4 3 Finance 5 3.1 State Pensions and Winter Fuel Payments 5 3.2 Means-tested benefits 6 3.3 Disability benefits and Carer’s Allowance 6 4 Housing 7 ... policies remain valid or do you need new ones? A prior visit to the UK can allow you to check prices of fuel, transport, food, housing, and other costs such as Council Tax and utilities. Returning to the UK
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to press for concessionary fares to be available on community transport services and for stable funding. Welsh Government should further explore how it can encourage the rollout of demand responsive bus ... people, including disabled older people, in the preparation of their plans, as a condition of their funding. The Equality and Human Rights Commission should monitor the regional Equality Act 2010 in the preparation
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well be to come. The pressure on local authority budgets is a particular worry, with a predicted funding gap of £6 billion by 2016/17,6 as the services they provide are vital for older people. In addition ... services Many current government initiatives – from the Troubled Families programme to the Better Care Fund – encourage public services to work together, often in partnership with the voluntary sector, to join
