Pensioner Poverty

EDM number 902 in 2007-08, proposed by Roger Williams on 06/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Incomes and poverty and Pensions.

That this House notes with concern the financial difficulty faced by many pensioners, particularly women; further notes the hardship this can create in paying fuel and food bills; further notes that one in five pensioners is living in poverty; further notes that, for a quarter of a century, year on year, the value of pensions has been falling; calls on the Government to restore the earnings link to the basic state pension; and further calls on the Government to reduce the number of pensioners facing means testing.

This motion has been signed by a total of 55 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.