Pensioners feeling the pinch heating just one room

Elderly people on the State pension are heating just one room of their homes and avoiding buying new clothes to save cash, new research reveals.

Pensioners feeling the pinch heating just one room

Elderly people on the State pension are heating just one room of their homes and avoiding buying new clothes to save cash, new research reveals.

Older and Bolder, a coalition of elderly support groups, found many struggling pensioners were feeling the pinch of the recession and managing on a week to week basis.

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