Hundreds of thousands of pensioners going without essentials, report finds

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The Living Wage Foundation has said that 40 per cent are relying on benefits, or money from friends and family to get by, as basic incomes are no longer enough to afford the basics

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Hundreds of thousands of older people are struggling to cover the cost of essentials, a new report on the scale of pensioner poverty in the UK has revealed.

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners going without essentials, report finds

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