Older people face double whammy of high energy bills and rising inflation‚ says Age Concern and Help the Aged
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Thursday, January 21, 2010News source:
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Commenting on the latest inflation figures published by ONS today‚ Andrew Harrop‚ Head of Policy at Age Concern and Help the Aged‚ said:
“Many older people on low incomes will dread a bounce back of inflation‚ as they are already bracing for a round of post-freeze energy bills.
“With the leap in inflation outstripping Government’s predictions‚ many older people relying on their state pension income will be worrying about whether their incomes will stretch to meet essential costs over the coming months.
“While the basic state pension is due to increase by 2.5 per cent‚ other elements of the state pension including the additional pension are due to be frozen at current levels. We urge the Government to reconsider this decision.”
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