Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 81144

Pensioners: Poverty

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that pensioners who retired before April 2016 do not fall into poverty.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Government is committed to supporting pensioners and ensuring they have financial security and dignity in retirement. The State Pension remains the foundation of our support for pensioners. In April this year, both the basic and new State Pensions inc...

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