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Rachel Reeves Slammed as Pensioners Face Freezing Deaths After £300 Winter Fuel Payment Cut

In a dramatic display of discontent, over 600,000 older citizens have rallied outside Downing Street, demanding that Sir Keir Starmer “rethink” the decision to axe the winter fuel payment.

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How to talk about mental health over 65 if you struggle to open up

There is too often a stigma surrounding mental health in older generations – leaving people not knowing how to speak about it.

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Life satisfaction among over-50s in England higher than before pandemic, study finds

Research shows happiness levels have bounced back post-Covid, although depression also remains more common

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The coldest parts of the UK as Met Office issues urgent weather warnings

A warning about heavy snow and freezing rain is in place from noon on Saturday until 9am on Monday

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Temperatures plummet to minus 5C overnight as cold snap continues to grip UK

Amber alerts have been issued until January 8.

Evening Standard

Health secretary Wes Streeting defends delay in social care reforms

Health secretary Wes Streeting’s move ‘long overdue’ but will not substantially benefit older people for up to another decade as he is warned the sector is ‘on its last legs’

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Temperatures to plunge as cold snap expected to last at least a week

The UKHSA has issued cold weather health alerts for all of England ahead of a week of low temperatures.

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Icy blast raises risk of death in elderly, health chiefs warn, as Age UK criticises winter benefit cut

Pensioners already worrying about heating, says charity, as temperatures set to plummet to zero or below across UK

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Cold snap ‘could lead to death of elderly' as Labour Winter Fuel Payment cut slammed

An imminent cold snap could put the elderly at risk of death, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned as a charity criticised the…

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Thousands lose NHS healthcare funding after living ‘longer than expected’

Age UK said families find the system for NHS continuing healthcare ‘a complete con’, with decision-making being made on an ‘ad hoc’ basis.

The Independent UK

37% of older people ‘will find it hard to manage without winter fuel payment’

Charity Age UK said that energy bills ‘have become a source of real fear’.

The Independent UK

Winter fuel payment cuts may force 100,000 pensioners ‘below poverty line’

Analysis shows 50,000 more people will be in relative fuel poverty next year – and another 50,000 by 2030

The Guardian - UK

‘First taste of winter’ snow in UK brings school closures and travel disruptions

Severe weather alerts in northern Scotland, Northern Ireland, central and southern Wales and eastern English counties

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‘First taste of winter’ causes travel disruption across UK as warnings issued

The Met Office issued three yellow warnings for snow and ice across the country.

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Snow shuts roads and schools as trains cancelled amid 'severe weather' alert

The Met Office issued three yellow weather alerts for snow and ice

The Independent UK

Snow travel chaos hits UK as drivers warned of disruption on roads

The Met Office has issued three seperate weather alerts for snow and ice

Evening Standard

Charities warn of impact of cold weather as UK feels ‘first taste of winter’

Charities have warned that the conditions could be dangerous for vulnerable people, including the elderly.

Evening Standard

One in 10 cash machines in UK closed since 2021, figures show

Rutland has fared the worst of any area in the country, losing half of the 18 cash machines it had in June 2021.

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Hot water bottle injuries soar among pensioners as energy bills rise

Research finds staggering rise in hospital treatments for hot water bottle burns among pensioners

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Now Reeves faces backlash from GPs, care homes and hospices over national insurance hike

While the NHS and the rest of the public sector have been shielded from the chancellor’s rise in employer contributions to national insurance, GPs and the care sector warn they will face severe strain

The Independent UK

Warning some pensioners may have to pay back winter fuel payments - here’s what you can do about it

Here’s when you may be asked to pay back your winter fuel benefits to the Department for Work and Pensions

The Independent UK

Long A&E waits for hip breaks can increase odds of death – study

Longer delays were also associated with additional time spent in hospital.

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UK Pensioners And Netizens Slam 'Double Whammy' As Energy Bills And Budget Cuts Loom

Analysis shows that energy bills this winter will be the highest on record for older people who previously received a winter fuel payment of up to £300.

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DWP launches Pension Credit campaign after Winter Fuel Payment changes

Campaingers have welcomed the drive – but say Winter Fuel Payment changes should be scrapped

The Independent UK

A ‘lonely deaths’ epidemic is sweeping the UK as thousands go undiscovered for a week or more

Last year, 9,000 people were found at least a week after they’d died alone. Helen Coffey investigates how our increasingly fragmented society means more of us are slipping away unmourned and unnoticed

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