When the state pension age rose to 66, the percentage of 65-year-olds in income poverty more than doubled, new research ...

250,000 older pensioners face being stuck in poverty over a Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP) retirement age change. An ...

Ministers should ensure a retired people have a minimum level of income to prevent a surge in pensioner poverty, MPs have warned. Age UK has found that two million pensioners are already in poverty, ...

Five famed Scottish actors have called for government help to tackle pensioner poverty. Taggart star Alex Norton, 75, has been joined by James Cosmo, 77 – known for his roles in Braveheart and Game Of ...

This threshold is well above the income level of pensioners in poverty and is broadly in line with average earnings ...

Today’s workers are at a greater risk of poverty in old age than their parents, experts warned, as the UK looks to revive a government body to tackle the crisis. People looking to retire in 2050 are ...

The government launched a new Pensions Commission this July, to “finish the job” started by the 2002-06 commission led by Lord Adair Turner. Commissioners can start by taking a fresh look at ...