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Article: Royal British legion calls for more help for the elderly ; East Riding: The county's Royal British Legion has launched a campaign to highlight poverty among the elderly.
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- September 16, 2008
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East Riding: The county's Royal British Legion has launched a
campaign to highlight poverty among the elderly.
Backed by Age Concern, the legion is calling on the Government to
make changes to lift UK pensioners out of poverty.
The organisations are urging people to sign up for their Return
to Rationing? campaign, designed to highlight the struggle older
people are facing with rising fuel and food costs.
Chris Cunningham, county manager for The Royal British Legion,
said: "We have a high number of older people in Hull and East
Yorkshire and the legion is doing everything we can to support them.
"But we know from experience many people find it difficult to ask
for help and may not even ...