Fewer older people are today paid attendance allowance (AA), a disability benefit, despite an increase in the UK’s elderly population. Government figures show that the number of people over retirement age who receive the benefit has plummeted since 2011. The figures were released by minister for disabled people Sarah Newton, in a written answer to … Continue reading Unexpected fall in disability benefit paid to older people
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Determined to continue MS fight in retirement
Today, November 8 2017, I celebrate my 65th birthday, and have reached my retirement age. That is the age at which I can claim the national pension. For many years the retirement age in the UK has been 65 for men and 60 for women, but that’s all changing. Indeed, if I had been born … Continue reading Determined to continue MS fight in retirement