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TIME TO ACT ON PENSIONER POVERTY

March 16, 2009 12:00 PM

Pensioer"It's time to increase the State pension and link it with earnings" Stephen Gilbert, St Austell's prospective MP, today told the Buckler Village Residents' Association.

Stephen Gilbert, who was one of the guest speakers at the resident's association AGM, said:

"100 years ago the Liberal government of Lloyd George introduced the State pension and lifted millions of men and women out of poverty in old age. But in the 1980s the Conservatives broke the link between earnings and now many pensioners often can't make ends meet."

"I believe it's time to end pensioner poverty. The Conservatives say we can't afford to bring back the link to earnings, I say we can't afford not to."

Stephen Gilbert added: "We should not reward people who have worked hard all their lives with poverty in their retirement. We need to see a real boost to the pension, bring back the link with earnings, and abolish the Council Tax."

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