Sentences with phrase «said pensioner poverty»

The former prime minister said pensioner poverty affected one in three older Britons in the early 90s, but that rate had fallen to one in 10 by the time Labour left office in 2010.

Reaching out to the grey vote, Lucas said pensioner poverty — with one in every four living in poverty — was «a scandal».

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«These figures show in the starkest possible terms that Gordon Brown's flagship policy on pensioner poverty is failing to help many of the most vulnerable older people,» said spokeswoman Anna Pearson.

«This report confirms that this government has become obsessed with meeting centrally set targets at the expense of delivering the benefits and services which will do most to lift pensioners out of poverty,» said shadow work and pension secretary Philip Hammond.

Help the Aged spokeswoman Anna Pearson said the government's failure to meet its target was «extremely disappointing», but urged it to act immediately on the NAO's call for a wider approach to tackling pensioner poverty.

«2.5 million more jobs, economy is stronger, hundreds of thousands kids and pensioners lifted out of poverty, massively improved school results,» he said as an example.

«Winter fuel payments should be taken from rich pensioners and the cash used to tackle fuel poverty, MPs say.

Brown said poverty was set to rise even among pensioners, a group that is protected by the triple lock, a guarantee that the state pension will rise by inflation, average earnings or 2.5 %.

The union says the company has closed its defined benefit, or final salary, pension scheme, offering new entrants an «inferior» scheme which the CWU claim will leave them in «pensioner poverty».