Caroline Abrahams Archives - Page 3 of 17

Calls for people to claim Pension Credit and Housing Benefit now

In February we reported on the changes to Pension Credit and Housing Benefit that were announced in connection with the continued roll out of Universal Credit (MT Feb 2019 Issue 317). Pension Credit i ...

Mark 2216 views 0 likes Mar 14, 2019

Pensioners will lose thousands to “toy boy tax”

In the midst of the sea of Brexit news, it can be easy for other newsworthy announcements to quietly slip under the headlines and go unnoticed. But I’m sure we are all aware that the Government is not ...

Mark 2315 views 1 likes Feb 12, 2019

Cookery classes on prescription: time to tackle “one of the greatest public health challenges of our time.”

“Loneliness is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time”, Theresa May revealed as she launched the first cross-Government strategy to tackle it. The Prime Minister confirmed all GPs in ...

Mark 1161 views 0 likes Feb 1, 2019

England falls short on care funding for older people

A new report commissioned by Age UK highlights the different approaches to long-term care across a group of countries in the developed world, and how they compare to the system in England. The Incisiv ...

Mark 2185 views 0 likes Sep 22, 2018