UK Pensioners

Dementia Awareness Week

Hannah Gal | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Hannah Gal

Like so many sufferers, Joan and Gracie are both under 24-hour care after endangering their lives and putting their families through agonizing worry. From leaving taps running and stove fire burning to wandering to the shops wearing pyjamas and sitting at the bus stop at midnight waiting hours on end for the bus.

Duncan-Smith Appeals Politely to Finer Instincts of 'Rich Pensioners'

Rob Atkinson | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Politics
Rob Atkinson

The coalition government have, up to now, been fastidiously careful not to rattle the cage of a section of society well-known for its mainly Conservative leanings. It seems likely that any dent in this traditional groundswell of support could have disastrous consequences for the Tory Party's chances of remaining on the political map come 2015 and election time.

Are Retirees Experiencing A 'Loneliness Epidemic'?

PA | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Older people are in the grip of a "loneliness epidemic", according to research published today. More than 66 million hours are spent alone by peopl...

Go Back To Uni, Minister Tells The Over 60s

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 21.02.2013 | UK

Pensioners should take out a loan and go back to university so they can keep up in the jobs market, the government says. Ministers believe the skil...

Social Care Plan To Be Unveiled

The Observer | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Politics

Thousands more people will pay inheritance tax to fund a watered-down version of the Dilnot plan for universal state funding for elderly and social ca...

Elderly Widow Dies After Being Left Without Care

PA | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK

An elderly woman has died after being left without care following a raid on the company that had been looking after her. Widow Gloria Foster, who w...

Minister: Rich Pensioners Should Give Winter Fuel Payment To Charity

The Daily Telegraph | Posted 27.12.2012 | UK Politics

Prosperous middle-class pensioners who do not need their winter fuel payment should give the money to poorer old people or good causes, the charities ...

Christopher's Homecoming

WENN | Posted 05.12.2012 | Home

Christopher Maloney looks set for a huge surge in votes on 'The X Factor' final if his appearance in Liverpool is anything to go by - the singer was s...

Nick Clegg To Plead With Lib Dems To 'Accept Vitriol And Abuse'

PA | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg will plead with Liberal Democrats to hold their nerve and accept "vitriol and abuse" as the price of proving to voters they have now become...

Clegg Targets Pensioners - But Which Ones?

Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Politics

Wealthy pensioners should be stripped of universal benefits such as free bus passes and winter fuel payments before the next general election, Nick Cl...

Police Appeal After Pensioner Outside Bank

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.07.2012 | UK

A pensioner was targeted by a thief in a "despicable crime" after withdrawing a large sum of money from a bank. The 77-year-old woman visited Barcl...

Pensioner Benefits Must Be Axed, Insists Cameron Confidant

PA | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Politics

Free bus passes and prescriptions must be axed for better off pensioners, a close ally of David Cameron insists. Tory moderniser Nick Boles also wa...

Pensioners Should Pay National Insurance, Says Tory MP

PA | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK Politics

Pensioners who continue to work should pay National Insurance which could then be passed on as tax breaks to firms who employ young workers, a Tory MP...

If You’re Thinking Of Going Skydiving, You Probably Shouldn’t Watch This (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.07.2012 | UK

A video of a pensioner nearly slipping out of her parachute harness as she takes her first tandem skydive has hit the web. The clip, originally po...

Pensioners Facing 'Life Of Misery And Fear' Cameron Warned

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.05.2012 | UK

David Cameron has been warned by a group of leading charities that pensioners could face a life of "misery and fear" without reforms to social care. ...

Why 61 Is The New 41...

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

According to a recent poll, blowing out the candles on your 61st birthday doesn't signal the onset of retirement, but rather that you're happily into ...

Pensioner Still Critical After Crash Kills Three

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2012 | UK

A pensioner remained in a "serious but stable condition" following a crash which killed three members of her family, police said today. A lorry dri...

Budget 2012: A Boost in the Family Bank Account

Emma Boon | Posted 21.05.2012 | UK Politics
Emma Boon

With the challenges facing the British economy and the huge pressure on many families' finances, George Osborne didn't have much room for manoeuvre in today's Budget. There was no spare cash for giveaways so he made a series of careful trade-offs which, overall, will leave ease the pressure on lots of households and allow most of them to keep more of their own money.

Man Who Killed Wife 'Changed' After Eye Operation, Inquest Hears

PA | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK

A 92-year-old man who knifed his wife to death and then himself had acted "out of character" for weeks after an eye operation, an inquest has heard. ...

Pictured: Hero Tackles Mugger Fleeing With Pensioner's Handbag

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 02.02.2012 | UK

A have-a-go hero has been pictured springing into action and pinning down a mugger just seconds after he swiped an 82-year-old woman’s handbag. ...

'Perfect Storm' Creates Difficult Circumstances For Pensioners

Posted 11.01.2012 | UK

People retiring this year expect to receive some £3,000 a year less than those who retired in 2008, a study has found. The typical retirement inco...

Brain Function Begins To Decline After 45

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

The brain's capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension can begin to decline from age 45, research has shown. Previous studies have suggested ...

Pensioners 'Missing Out On Thousands' By Not Claiming Benefits

PA | Posted 26.02.2012 | UK

Pensioners could be missing out on more than £1,600 each year by failing to claim their full entitlement of benefits and credits. Housing Minister...

Old Age Pensioner Lost For 30 Hours On Motorway

PA | Melanie Hick | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK

An 82-year-old spent more than 30 hours on a motorway after getting lost driving an hour away to his daughter's house. Dennis Leighton sparked a po...

Slow Queues for Old Folk? They Don't Have Time for That!

Mike Peake | Posted 06.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Mike Peake

To almost anyone under 40 or so, it's as if pensioners are from a different planet - despite evidence to the contrary should you take the time to actually speak to one. It's not all Dame Vera Lynn and pre-decimalisation nostalgia. You can have whole conversations without the war cropping up even once.