UK State Pension = two thirds poverty level: Report
Mike Dobson | 27.07.2007 08:53 | Health | Other Press | Social Struggles
University of London team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has just published a report in the International Journal of Epidemiology defining the minimum income required by older people to live healthy and decent lives.
Minimum income needs as assessed in this study were close to 50% greater than the UK state pension. The minimum income requirement was also appreciably more than the Government's official safety net for basic necessities after means testing, the Pension Credit Guarantee. In addition, the Pension Credit Guarantee also has to meet extra costs of disability which were not included in the present study.
nternational Journal of Epidemiology,. 2007 Jul 12;
Defining a minimum income for healthy living (MIHL): older age, England.
Morris J, Wilkinson P, Dangour AD, Deeming C, Fletcher A.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT.
Abstract at
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dym129v1
nternational Journal of Epidemiology,. 2007 Jul 12;
Defining a minimum income for healthy living (MIHL): older age, England.
Morris J, Wilkinson P, Dangour AD, Deeming C, Fletcher A.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT.
Abstract at
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dym129v1
Mike Dobson