Pensioners are up to £800 worse off after just one year of a Labour government, the Mail can reveal.
Soaring household bills and the removal of the winter fuel payment have twice outstripped this year’s state pension increase, leaving OAPs feeling the pinch.
Last night charities warned that the elderly were being ‘squeezed in a vice of ever-escalating household bills’ - with inflation still soaring.
Exclusive analysis by the Tories for this newspaper found energy bills have risen by £152 for a typical household since July last year, despite Labour pledging to bring them down.
Council tax is set to rise by £109 for the average Band D property this year, while the cost of groceries and takeaways for households has jumped by an average of £210 a year.
