Sentences with phrase «poorest pensioners»

For example, by 2010, an extra # 18bn per year in real terms was being spent to tackle child poverty, while the incomes of poor pensioners were also dragged upwards.

Grant Shapps has described it as a «granny tax» because it will unfairly hit property rich but cash poor pensioners, whose main asset is their home.

Alternatively he can say that he has had to change his position and is doing so for the great moral purpose of helping the low paid into work and to ensure better targeting of scarce resources on the very neediest, including poor pensioners.

Property rich but cash poor pensioners may find they can no longer afford to live in their clear title homes, and those who are financed to the hilt will discover that the extra tax amount and even a small increase in the interest rates will hurt them.

It may be that something's skewing it; a large number of asset - rich but income - poor pensioners, or people in long - term residential care who are paying VAT on home fees though getting it reimbursed.

It is devastating to hear that 1 in 3 poor pensioners are not registered for their state pension top - up, probably because they, like most of us, can not make head or tail of the system.

Though critics have said a mansion tax will force asset - rich, cash - poor pensioners to sell their homes, it's worth bearing in mind that this is exactly what the government's bedroom tax currently proposes for those who are both asset and cash poor.

A strong majority of voters (62 %) believe that any attempt to continue to raise the state pension age will hit the poorest pensioners hardest.

«It will continue to protect the poorest pensioners from poverty and ensure that all pensioners share in the growing wealth of society.

Some of the current # 2.7 bn spending on the Winter Fuel Payment could be better focused on helping the poorest pensioners, for example, by means - testing the payment, or by raising pensioners» minimum income guarantee.

Council tax bills have more than doubled since Labour came to power, and the poorest pensioners pay four times as high a percentage of their income than the richest working people.

All at the expense of the poor pensioners most of whom are above 65 years of age.

Poor pensioners were also hit by changes to pension credits, which will save the Treasury # 330m by 2014.

The poorest pensioners receive an annual payment of 7,800 kroner ($ 1,400).