Wealthy nations shouldn’t have poor pensioners
Too many UK pensioners are forced to live in poverty.
The UK’s basic weekly state pension of £169.50, paid to approximately 82% of Scottish Pensioners, is one of the worst in the developed world. Poorer pensioners can claim means-tested benefits to get £218.15 per week but that is still not enough to live on.
We need a Wellbeing Pension of £241.50 per week, the amount required to cover the basic cost of living and escape poverty. The UK Basic State Pension plus benefits is £23.35 per week (£1,214.20 per year) lower than pensioners need, just to live with basic dignity and that is unacceptable.
WE NEED TO PRIORITISE PENSIONER WELLBEING
HELP US send a message to the UK’s Pensions Minister by signing our petition stating loud and clear that pensioner poverty is unacceptable and that a Wellbeing Pension of £241.50 per week is required.
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