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in Wales are estimated to live in poverty.1 The UK Government have been taking forward reforms to the State Pension for future generations of pensioners and employers are now obliged to automatically enrol ... qualifying workplace pension scheme. Both of these policies are to be welcomed and have the potential to improve pension coverage and incomes of older people in the future. The new State Pension was introduced
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1 Age UK Digital Inclusion Evidence Report 2013 Marcus Green and Phil Rossall Digital inclusion evidence review Contents 1 Digital inclusion of older people in the UK ........................ ... ....................................................................................... 17 2 Age UK Digital Inclusion Evidence Report 2013 Marcus Green and Phil Rossall Fear .....................
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1 Age UK briefing: Housing benefit cuts and supported housing January 2016 This briefing has been prepared by Age UK in follow up to Thursday 27th January opposition day debate on Housing benefit cuts ... cuts and supported housing. LHA Cap on Social Housing Age UK has added its voice to concerns over the implications of the LHA cap on social housing. Sheltered and extra care scheme could see a decline
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1 Transport infrastructure September 2016 Age UK believes that being able to get out and about, whether by public transport or driving, is a vital way for older people to continue to be connected ... benefits, there are still concerns about on-going cuts to bus services, particularly in rural areas. Age UK Recommendations for the Bus Services Bill Consultation of older people An audit of transport needs
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pay tax on: earnings from employment or self-employment pensions, including State Pension , and annuities (except pensions under the War Pensions Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme) interest from ... pay tax on: Pension Credit Universal Credit Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance Personal Independence Payment Winter Fuel Payment pensions administered under the War Pensions Scheme and Armed
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Age UK briefing – discharging older people from hospitals June 2016 How and when someone is discharged from hospital, and the support they receive in the aftermath, are critical determinants of their ... 13 per cent of these lost days were attributed to so-called ‘patient choice’. However calls to Age UK’s information and advice line1 shed important light on the experiences of some older people and reveal
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paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. This paper may be published ... Services david.steele@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited
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Written evidence: Bus Services Bill March 2017 Why bus services matter to older people 1. Age UK believes that wherever they live older people should be able to reach key services, friends and family ... is essential, with a particular concern being the ability to travel to medical appointments. 3. Age UK is calling for all areas and means of transport to be ‘age-friendly’ so that older people can remain
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Closure Briefing September 2016 Age UK is concerned at the closure of nearly 10,000 bank branches in the last 25 years (over half of all branches across the UK), leaving hundreds of thousands of older ... the past year, with more than 600 bank branches closing across Britain in this period. As such, Age UK have prepared this briefing as a way of supporting MPs to respond to closures in your local area, as
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1 Age UK Poverty Evidence Review 2014 Matthew Norton and Sally West Age UK Evidence Review: Poverty in Later Life Contents Key Statistics ..................................................... ... .................................................... 12 Entering a low income after reaching State Pension Age ................................................................................. 13 Living
