National Pensioners Convention

One in five older people cutting food and hygiene to make ends meet

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pensions-food-hygiene-cost-living-b2900130.html

One in five older people cutting food and hygiene to make ends meet Age UK’s ‘crisis hiding in plain sight’ campaign is urging older people to check if they are entitled to extra financial support

Jan Shortt, NPC Gen Sec, said the report is a "shocking insight into the day-to-day struggles faced by a rapidly growing number of older people".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2157276/pensioner-poverty-age-uk

Warning 2 million pensioners at risk of being in poverty in Britain A charity has warned that the number of older people living in poverty in the UK could rise to two million.

The NPC is urging members to help WASPI campaigners send a million letters to MPs asking them to support the 50s-born women’s claim for compensation.

https://www.npcuk.org/post/help-waspi-send-1-million-letters-asking-mps-to-back-their-bid-for-justice

Help WASPI send 1 million letters asking MPs to back their bid for justice The NPC is urging members to help WASPI campaigners send a million letters to MPs asking them to support the 50s-born women’s claim for compensation.This bold New Year move by WASPI – the Women Against State Pension Inequality – comes as the Government reconsiders* its earlier decision to reje...

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it will aim to revisit its decision on WASPI compensation within 12 weeks.

https://www.npcuk.org/post/waspi-secures-12-week-government-rethink-on-compensation-decision

WASPI Secures 12-Week Government Rethink on Compensation Decision The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it will aim to revisit its decision on WASPI compensation within 12 weeks.On December 2, the WASPI campaign group secured an agreement to pause their judicial review, following the Secretary of State’s commitment to reconsider the government’s s...

The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is deeply concerned by media reports that the Chancellor is considering a drastic 40% cut to funding for energy efficiency measures.

https://www.npcuk.org/post/npc-urges-chancellor-not-to-cut-vital-energy-efficiency-funding

The latest edition of the Women's Network Exchange is out now.

https://www.npcuk.org/post/women-s-network-exchange-68

The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is urging people to contribute evidence to the government’s Great British Railways (GBR) Railways Bill consultation before it closes on 26th November.

https://www.npcuk.org/post/urgent-call-for-submissions-to-railways-bill-consultation-before-deadline

Urgent Call for Submissions to Railways Bill Consultation Before Deadline The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is urging people to contribute evidence to the government’s Great British Railways (GBR) Railways Bill consultation before it closes on 26th November.The Transport Select Committee plans to scrutinise the Bill which is designed to unify the new network’s ...

The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has called on the government to urgently rethink the state pension age compensation claims of millions of “WASPI women” after fresh evidence emerged.

https://www.npcuk.org/post/npc-wants-waspi-women-s-claim-reconsidered-in-light-of-new-evidence

“This is nothing new and we know that until there is an open and transparent debate around what a living state pension should be, and how it is indexed, there will never be dignity, respect and financial security for older people.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2129723/reform-triple-lock-pensions

Reform warned against 'cold-hearted betrayal' of millions of poorer pensioners Richard Tice under fire as he declares lifeline for elderly people is 'unsustainable' and 'not guaranteed'

National Pensioners’ Convention general secretary Jan Shortt said: “Dignity and respect goes out the window when older and vulnerable people are shunted into corridors, rooms off corridors or any small space staff can find.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/crisis-plain-sight-corridor-care-patients-watch-others-die-war-films

'Crisis in plain sight' as corridor care patients watch others die like in 'war films' CORRIDOR care is a “crisis in plain sight” with elderly patients watching others die while themselves waiting to be helped for days on end, a leading charity warned today.A patient gave a first-hand account likening hospital corridor care to war films with “queues of stretchers and people suff...

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