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I had a great time chatting about older people with @TimHarford on @BBCMoreOrLess. The starting question was – are one in four pensioners really millionaires? Quick thread below:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
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Libby Webb
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Libby Webb
@e_a_webb
Head of Research at Age UK. Social epidemiologist.
Katılım Ağustos 2013
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Libby Webb retweetledi
Long waits are horrible for patients and risky too.
Our new report, "The Longest Wait" reveals that older people are having to use bedpans in corridors, and can't access food or water while they wait.
Read more about Corridor Care & how we can fix it: ageuk.org.uk/siteassets/doc…
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I know I'm in a minority, and they look pretty, but I just can't stop hating waterfall charts. I just find them so unintuitive to interpret.
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Read Age UK's reaction to he Prime Minister’s comments on Winter Fuel Payment in PMQs bit.ly/435b59U
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@monzo Thanks for letting me know. It would be a great addition, if the team have a to do list it could be added to 😊
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Dr Aisha Islam & Dr Ifeoma Offiah presented the health-related findings of Age UK's latest report, Older Women in the UK, covering barriers for older women across areas of society. @RachaelMaskell MP, chaired the meeting with discussion from fellow Parliamentarians & observers
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Interesting to read Caroline Criado Perez's position on assisted dying. She ends with a call to support Age UK's work, acknowledging the many gender inequalities throughout life which can lead to older women needing support
Samira Ahmed@SamiraAhmedUK
Why are so many feminist women expressing deep distrust of the Assisted Dying Bill? The latest Invisible Women newsletter from the brilliant Caroline Criado Perez is a terrific read.. newsletter.carolinecriadoperez.com/?r=7ad29
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The ASA is exploring how older people are portrayed in ads and whether more protection is needed. Research is underway, and findings will be published in 2025.
Learn more about this important project here: asa.org.uk/news/looking-i…
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@O2 I need the IMEI number for my stolen phone to report it to the police. How can I get it?
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The UK population (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) at mid-year 2023 was estimated to be 68.3 million, an increase of 1.0% since mid-2022.
Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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@paullewismoney Morning Paul. My brilliant colleague at Age UK, @PaulieTandoori, tells me that this isn't correct, and that as long as a person is aged over the State Pension age (and doesn't have a partner aged under State Pension age) the income threshold is the same.
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That is not the threshold for most pensioners. Those who reached pension age before 6 April 2016 have a higher threshold - see below. The constant use of the lower threshold helps put people off claiming.
Denise Ann Jackson@DeniseAnJackson
@GunnKit @paullewismoney @Woodysj @policy_practice The problem lies with defining who "needs it". At the moment we have a situation where anyone even a few pence above the Pension Credit cut-off of £218.15 pw is considered well-off and resilient enough to cope without a payment considered vital to someone just a few pence poorer.
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The government knew 83% (2.6m) over-80s, 780,000 poorest pensioners and 1.6m disabled pensioners would not be protected when it scrapped Winter Fuel Payment, FOI reveals bit.ly/3XGIRzy
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Some pensioners are pretty well off. But how many can afford to lose the winter fuel payment? bit.ly/3AXZ0ri
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@Car_Abrahams We'd have expected to see about 19k applications during that period anyway - only half of the applications are 'extra'
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2.Yesterday’s HMG contribution to public knowledge was to announce 38k Pension Credit claims since the WFP announcement. They forgot to mention that 880k households aren’t taking up the benefit however!
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1.Rather disappointing that HMG is spinning next year’s triple lock increase as the answer to pensioner hardship this winter. Doesn’t come in until April, most pensioners are on the old State Pension so won’t get as much, not all get the full SP anyway.
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New @age_uk analysis shows 2.5 million older people on low incomes - a higher number than first estimated - are set to lose their Winter Fuel Payment and will struggle without it. Read @age_uk’s full story here rb.gy/ef2ook
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We've just passed 500,000 signatures on our petition. That's over half a million of you who have joined us in fighting for the Winter Fuel Payment.
By sharing with your friends and family, you can help us keep pushing against this decision 👉 bit.ly/3MGg1ZP
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@nationalrailenq I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling and it hasn't helped. Please hurry with your rollout! I've had to use @thetrainline to check train times, and their app just isn't as good for that
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@e_a_webb Hi Libby, I'm sorry to hear this, apologies for the issues. We are in the process of a new app rollout that each customer should have by 30 September. Do you have the latest version of the app please? Perhaps an update/reinstalment may fix this issue?
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@nationalrailenq your app won't let me check train times for future times or dates. Why??
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If a pensioner is entitled to Pension Credit but does not claim it, then they will tend to have a low income. For this reason, the WFP change hits poorer families hardest: pensioners in the bottom 5th of the income distribution will lose 1.2% of their income on average.
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