Category - pensioners

Receive our daily news briefing or weekly bulletin

Reach tens of thousands of people instantly by advertising with Ekklesia. Find out more

29 Apr 2013

IDS and pensioners: undermining social security

The Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has urged better-off pensioners not to claim payments such as the winter fuel allowance, free bus pass and TV licence.
25 Oct 2012

Make pensioners keep working, peer urges

People over retirement age should be required to do community work or lose some of their pension, urged former Benefits Agency head Lord Bichard.
24 Oct 2012

'Incentivising' pensioners: Lord Bichard and the fifth commandment

Today (24 October), a man with a substantial pension and a seat in the Lords demonstrated either his ignorance of, or indifference to, values which almost all cultures understand as underpinning the cohesion of a decent society.
11 Oct 2012

Scots Tory leader criticised for pensioner 'insult' and dodgy stats

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson has been challenged to outline how much more money she thinks should be taken away from OAPs.
4 May 2012

Recession and welfare reform hits Northern Ireland hard says new report

People in Northern Ireland are caught between the impact of the recession and a programme of austerity and welfare reform, according to new research published on 2 May.
12 Sep 2008

Brown faces multiple revolt over energy and tax policy

Gordon Brown has annoyed pensioners, environment campaigners, trade unionists, anti-poverty activists and his own backbenchers by refusing to impose a windfall tax on energy companies and give more support to the fuel-poor.