Age UK's response to new poverty figures

20 May 2010

Commenting on the Households Below Average Income figures, published today by the DWP, Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director at Age UK, said:

"It's extremely welcome that 200,000 pensioners have been lifted out of poverty but there's a long way to go to help the 1.8 million pensioners still struggling below the poverty line.

"The new government's commitment to re-link the state pension to earnings from April 2011 with a "triple guarantee" is a good start. However in the short-term the coalition must move quickly towards paying benefits automatically so the poorest and most vulnerable older people receive all the financial help they're entitled to. Clearly there are huge challenges ahead for the new government but now is the time to renew the fight against pensioner poverty and commit to eradicating it once and for all."

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