ALONE: Water charges will offset any Budget gains for older people

ALONE has said that older people living on the state pension will see a "small increase" in their income, and that is before they have to pay their water charges.

Sean Moynihan, CEO of the charity that cares for older people, said: "After seven successive years of harsh budgets disproportionally affecting the most vulnerable, we now are in a situation whereby one in five older people are at risk of poverty or suffering deprivation."