Single-tier state scheme to reduce pensioner poverty - PPI

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Introducing a £140 a week single-tier state pension will reduce pensioners living below the poverty line to 10% in 2025, down from 16% in 2009, research shows.

The report by the Pensions Policy Institute - commissioned by Age UK - said government decisions on the state pension and means-tested and other benefits paid to pensioners will play a crucial role...

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