Older people will be pushed into poverty, says Commissioner

Responding to the Older People’s Commissioner saying more older people will be pushed into poverty this winter, Rhian Bowen-Davies said she was “angry, concerned and very disappointed” with the UK government’s decision to cut the winter fuel payment. Joel James MS, Shadow Minister for Social Partnership and Social Justice, said: “The Commissioner is absolutely right…

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Guts—not cuts

In the latest edition of Open Space magazine, our general secretary, Kate Ashbrook, urges the new government to be bold in securing new and better access.  She writes:  The new Westminster government arrived sooner than expected. Does this mean new access sooner than expected?  The government has so far been silent on this subject as…

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