What we want
Pensioner poverty could easily be reduced if the Government introduced new policies.
This is backed up by research from the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
We want the Government to:
- Invest in a system to pay means-tested benefits to pensioners automatically. This could take 500,000 pensioners out of poverty immediately in England alone.
- Commit to linking the Basic State Pension to average earnings straight away. This would take an extra 100,000 pensioners out of poverty now, rather than waiting until 2012.
- Provide justice to women pensioners by paying the Basic State Pension universally. This would help nearly four million older women in England who are not entitled to a full pension because they have been penalised for time spent caring for children or in low-paid part-time jobs.
Pensions: the issues
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