Age UK has urged them to commit publicly to emergency support for older people
ENERGY BILL HELP: Age UK has written to Tory leadership contender to urge them to publicly commit to emergency support for older people
To support retirees struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, the charity is also calling on the candidates to back restoring the pensions triple lock if they become prime minister.DWP asking claimants to repay benefits is ‘shameful’, says shadow work and pensions secretary “If this doesn’t happen our sincere belief is that we could see unprecedented numbers of older people dying of cold in their own homes, something we would never say lightly and that is incredibly shocking in the 21st century.”
Another said: “We definitely need the triple lock in place otherwise we will have to choose between food or heating. cut back on everything else so there’s nowhere else to go.”