Calls for urgent action as pensioner poverty deepens in Wales

Calls for urgent action as pensioner poverty deepens in Wales

Rising poverty levels among older people have prompted fresh calls for urgent action and long-term reform in Wales.

Welsh Government urged to create emergency cash fund as older people's poverty rises

An emergency support fund must be set up urgently to stop a growing number of pensioners falling into poverty, Wales’ Older People’s Commissioner has warned.

Warning over rising poverty among single pensioners

Photo by Alexandre Debiève on Unsplash. Mark Mansfield Older people living alone are facing a growing risk of poverty, with new research showing the gap between single pensioners and couples has widened sharply. The findings have prompted the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Rhian Bowen-Davies, to call for urgent action to support older people struggling financially, alongside longer-term reform of the pensions system. A new paper by forme…