CSPA meet with Cabinet Office pensions team
CSPA officers had a very positive meeting with the Cabinet Office pensions team today, Monday 4 September, to discuss a range of Civil Service pension…
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Energy Bills Remain High Despite Fall in Price Cap
Average gas and electricity bills will remain high from October at around £160 a month despite the fall of £151 a year in the regulated energy price…
Access to Cash harder for older people
The number of of payments that do not involve cash transactions has risen from 45% of payments a decade ago to 85% by 2021, according…
The digital exclusion plan needs a new strategy: Communications and Digital Committee
The Communications and Digital Committee call for fresh strategy to tackle digital exclusion.
MPs urge the Government to end delay on protections for cohabiting partners
The Women and Equalities Committee have urged the government to reconsider delaying reform to cohabitation law.
Vulnerable to lose out as care funding held back
The BBC has reported that council chiefs are warning that the vulnerable and older people will go without the care they need following the plans set out by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) which £2 billion of grants over the next two years were announced.
Incomes report highlights inequalities for single, female and older pensioners
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published a report examining pensioners’ weekly incomes – and the sources of those incomes.
Ministers delay plan to lift UK state pension age to 68 as life expectancy falls
The state pension age, currently 66, is due to increase to 68 after 2044. The government wanted to bring this forward to 2037-2039, with the plan due to be confirmed in May, but will now push the decision beyond next year’s election, according to officials.
The gender pay gap: The Cost of Being a Woman at Work – CSPA gives evidence
Women and Work APPG have launched their 2023 annual report: The Cost of Being a Woman at Work with evidence from the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance.
Health and social care crisis: our urgent letter to Steve Barclay
CSPA General Secretary, Lisa Ray has written to Stephen Barclay MP, Secretary for Health and Social Care asking how the government is going to address the state of the NHS and social care services.
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