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Article: Pension Credit now helping over 80% of poorest pensioners.
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- M2 Presswire
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- February 3, 2005
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M2 PRESSWIRE-3 February 2005-UK Government: Pension Credit now helping over 80% of poorest pensioners(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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New figures for the number of pensioners receiving Pension Credit, taken with previous estimates of entitlement, indicate that over 80 per cent of the poorest pensioners are now having their income topped up to the guaranteed level, which is at least GBP105 per week - rising to GBP109 in April this year.
Amongst single women pensioners, who tend to be poorer than men of the same age, the indications are that as many as 90% of those eligible for the guarantee are already receiving their ...