MEDIA
MEDIA ENQUIRIES:
The Director of Silver Voices, Dennis Reed, can be contacted for comment on any issue impacting older people by emailing dennis.reed@silvervoices.co.uk. Silver Voices is the only independent, UK-wide membership organisation representing older people, and our membership numbers and influence are growing fast.
RECENT MEDIA ACTION
RECENT MEDIA QUOTES/MENTIONS/INTERVIEWS
22/4/25: The Guardian: GPs and Face to Face Appointments: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/22/patient-satisfaction-gp-services-england-research
22/4/25: BBC Humberside Radio Interview on above story
22/4/25: Daily Express: No Response on Frozen Tax Threshold Petition: ‘No excuse!’ Fury as Keir Starmer delivers huge snub to pensioners | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
21/4/24: inews: Older People and Student Loans: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/over-80s-taxpayer-funded-loans-fine-art-animation-degrees-3612124
18/4/25: inews: TV Licences and Over-75s: https://inews.co.uk/news/100-
17/4/25: Daily Mail: GPs and Hospital Waiting Lists: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14619359/GPs-paid-20-bonus-time-avoid-referring-patient-directly-hospital-bid-cut-NHS-waiting-lists.html
13/4/25: Sunday Mirror: Social Care Commission Delays: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/documents-show-social-care-review-35045343
11/4/25: Yahoo News: Tariffs and Pensions: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-tariffs-uk-pensions-093949049.html
7/4/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Cost of Living: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2037826/state-pension-triple-lock-bills-winter-fuel
5/4/25: inews: State Pensioners and Taxation: https://inews.co.uk/news/triple-lock-tax-pens12 ions-millions-payments-36252
5/4/25: Yahoo News and Birmingham Live: HMRC Double Whammy: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/state-pensioners-set-hit-unfair-124900701.html
2/4/25: The Sun: Bank Branch Closures: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/34220812/lloyds-halifax-bank-branch-closures-manage-money-online/
2/4/25: Daily Telegraph: Council Tax and MPs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/fury-mps-expense-second-homes-council-tax-surcharge/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
30/3/25: IFA Magazine: Petition Hand-In: https://ifamagazine.com/elder-rights-campaigner-delivers-100000-strong-petition-on-increasing-the-state-pension-tax-threshold/
30/3/25: inews: Winter Fuel Cuts and Poverty Impact: https://inews.co.uk/news/dwp-warned-millions-poverty-lose-winter-fuel-payment-cut-anyway-3613264
30/3/25: inews: Taxing the State Pension: ‘Waspis waited six years for our pension – now we will have to pay tax on it’
30/3/25: Daily Mail: Inadequate GP Practices: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14539597/England-worst-GP-surgeries-named-shamed.html
27/3/25: GB News Interview Pensioners and Tax (Martin Daubney Show)
26/3/25: Daily Express: Petition Hand-In: Rachel Reeves warned to avoid pensioner tax bombshell | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
25/3/25: Yahoo News: State Pension Issues: https://uk.news.yahoo.
24/3/25: Daily Express: Opposition to Rise in State Pension Age: ‘State pension hike to 67 can’t be justified as deaths rise – axe it!’ | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
24/3/25: Daily Express: (Front Page Story, Opinion Piece and Editorial Comment): Spring Statement: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2031269/millions-older-people-face-tax
21/3/25: Daily Record: State Pension and Tax: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/state-pension-payments-income-tax-34907426
20/3/25: Daily Express: Case Against Raising the State Pension Age: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20250320/282166476968401
20/3/25: Radio Sussex and Surrey: Older People and Online Services
19/3/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock Threats: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2029632/pension-triple-lock-threat-top
18/3/25: Yahoo News (and many other media outlets): Taxing the State Pension Petition: DWP ‘refusing to meet’ pensioners calling for rise in state pension tax threshold
18/3/25: Daily Telegraph: Local Pharmacy Actions: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/03/18/pharmacies-cut-services-and-hours-as-reeves-tax-raid-bites/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
17/3/25: Daily Express: Raising the Tax Threshold for Older People: Rachel Reeves pension tax bombshell as Chancellor urged to raise personal allowance | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
16/3/25: Daily Express: Taxing the State Pension Petition: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2027836/personal-tax-allowance-over-80-000-demand-change-petition-treasury-responds
16/3/25: Manchester Evening News: Pension Petition: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/update-calls-increase-personal-tax-31211574
14/3/25: Daily Record: Petition on Tax Thresholds: New calls to ‘stop taxing the State Pension’ ahead of Spring Statement – Daily Record
13/3/25: Syndicated Story in 47 Regional and Local News Titles: Taxing the State Pension: 47 local/regional titles across the country
13/3/25: MSN News: Taxing the State Pension: HMRC could stop taxing state pensioners after 80,000 people demand it
9/3/25: Sunday Express: Ofgem Bonuses: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2024428/ofgem-has-handed-its-staff-fat-bonus
9/3/25: Daily Telegraph: Hard Copy Tax Returns: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/income/british-spies-told-fill-paper-tax-returns-hmrc-website/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
9/3/25: Sunday Mail: Age Discrimination and RSV Jabs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14477263/Campaigners-outrage-exclude-80s-vaccine-rollout.html
7/3/25: Daily Express (double page spread): Stop State Pensions Being Taxed: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2023627/rachel-reeves-state-pension-income-tax
1/3/25: Daily Telegraph: April Prices Storm: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/rachel-reeves-about-wreck-your-finances-how-defend-yourself/
28/2/25: BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show: Interview on GPs’ Contract
28/2/25: Daily Express: Pension Credit Delays: Labour blasted over winter fuel payment cuts as major delays revealed | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
26/2/25: Daily Express: Energy Price Rises: PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
25/2/25: Daily Telegraph: Campaign on State Pensions and Taxation: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions/state-pensions/rachel-reeves-urged-raise-personal-allowance-by-1000/
25/2/25: Daily Express Front Page Story (and opinion column and supportive editorial): Stop State Pensions Being Taxed:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2018645/rachel-reeves-state-pension-silver-voices
23/2/25: Daily Mail: Loss of Confidence in NHS: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14422831/Britain-loses-faith-NHS-Patients-delay-seeking-care-long-wait-times-lack-staff.html
23/2/25: Daily Mail: Older Drivers: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14354643/OAP-older-drivers-danger-test-divided.html
21/2/25: The Sun: Costa Coffee Charges in Hospitals: Costa Coffee slammed for adding a ‘sickness tax’ onto hot drinks at hospital cafes | The Sun
21/2/25: Daily Telegraph: Threats to Cash ISAs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/reeves-proposed-cash-isa-cut-another-blow-pensioners/
20/2/25: Daily Express: Landlines Petition: Fury over forced switch from traditional landlines as 70k sign petition | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
19/2/25: Daily Express: Further Rise in Energy Prices: Energy bills predicted to rise again in April in huge blow to pensioners | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
18/2/25: Daily Express: Age UK Research on Cold Homes and Pensioners (no link available to quote)
16/2/25: Daily Express: Council Tax and Winter Fuel: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2015103/labour-slammed-forcing-pensioners-poverty
15/2/25: Daily Telegraph: Labour Tax Raids on Pensioners (Council Tax): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/labour-tax-raids-rendering-triple-lock-worthless/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
11/2/25: inews: TV Licences and Pension Credit: Almost 500,000 pension credit claimants missing out on free TV licence
10/2/25: The Independent and the Sun: MP Salary Increase and Winter Fuel Payments:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33291978/fury-as-mps-salaries-soar-to-93k/
MPs’ pay to soar to £94k in inflation-busting rise
8/2/25: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Foreign Doctors in the NHS: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/07/wes-streeting-attacks-nhs-over-reliance-on-foreign-doctors/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
7/2/25: inews: Pension Credit Backlog: Winter fuel payment won’t be paid until spring to thousands of pensioners
7/2/25: Daily Mail: Private Ambulance Services:
6/2/25: Daily Mail: GP Appointments: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14365243/half-medical-appointments-GP-patients.html
4/2/25: Daily Telegraph: Pensions Minister and Pension Credit Backlog:
3/2/25: Daily Express: Bank Spying Powers and Pension Credit: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2008848/labour-benefit-snooping-law
31/1/25: Daily Express: Royal Mail Surrender: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2007602/ofcom-royal-mail-watchdog-surrendering-deliveries
30/1/25: Daily Telegraph: Winter Fuel Protest: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/retirement/winter-fuel-raid-cold-pensioners-shame-labour/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
29/1/25: Daily Express: Save Our Landlines Petition: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2006730/analogue-landline-digital-silver-voices
28/1/25: Daily Express: Wrexham and Older People’s Housing: Council slammed after over-50s only homes stopped | UK | News | Express.co.uk
27/1/25: Daily Mail: W H Smith and Post Offices: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-14330825/WH-Smith-seeks-allay-fears-store-Post-Offices-sells-High-Street-estate.html
25/1/25: Daily Express Front Page Story: Winter Fuel Campaign: Rachel Reeves’s winter fuel ‘disgrace’ as veteran is saved by stranger’s £500 lifeline | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
24/1/25: Daily Express: Rachel Reeves Fuel Bill Hypocrisy: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2004596/rachel-reeves-energy-bill-expenses
23/1/25: Daily Mail: Terrestrial Broadcast Campaign: BBC, ITV and Channel 4 push back on calls to delay terrestrial TV switch-off despite fears streaming could isolate older viewers | Daily Mail Online
21/1/25: Daily Telegraph: Residential Homes Boss Salary: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/care-home-boss-raises-fees-after-1-9m-salary/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
20/1/25: Daily Mail: NHS and Ageist Language: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14301115/NHS-staff-told-Dont-call-patients-middle-aged-pensioner-senior.html
20/1/25: Daily Express: Treasury to-do List: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2002382/rachel-reeves-treasury-tax-hikes
19/1/25: Sunday Express: Labour’s War on Older People: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2002186/dennis-reed-keir-starmer
18/1/25: Daily Express Front Page Story and Opinion Column: Triple Lock Threats: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2002019/tamper-triple-lock-universal-state
17/1/25: Badenoch and the Triple Lock: LBC and GB News Interviews
16/1/25: Daily Express: Boycott Social Care Commission: Labour slammed over social care plans as charity demands boycott | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
16/1/25: Daily Express: New Pension Minister and Triple Lock: Triple lock in danger as Starmer appoints pensions minister who wanted to ‘abolish’ it | UK | News | Express.co.uk
12/1/25: Mail on Sunday: Royal Mail Restricted Deliveries: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14274535/Royal-Mail-scrap-Saturday-deliveries.html
9/1/25: Daily Mail: Fine for Occupying Hospital Bed: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14263457/Flu-hit-NHS-hospitals-threat-charge-pensioner-582-night.html
7/1/25: Daily Mirror: Starmer Speech on NHS: Keir Starmer says NHS can’t become ‘national money pit’ as he sets out plan to slash backlog – Mirror Online
7/1/25: Daily Express: DWP Bonuses: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20250107/281685440481712
6/1/25: Daily Mail: Inadequate GP Practices: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14252709/millions-nhs-patients-care-failing-gp-surgeries.html
4/1/25: Daily Express Front Page Story: Social Care Commission Cop Out: ‘It’s a cop out!’ Furious campaigners blast Labour’s social care plan | UK | News | Express.co.uk
4/1/25: Daily Mail: Streeting and Crass Winter Fuel Comment: Wes Streeting accused of being ‘crass’ and ‘cruel’ after urging old people to turn on their heating amid sub-zero temperatures this weekend | Daily Mail Online
3/1/25: Daily Telegraph: Streeting and Winter Fuel Comment: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/01/03/turn-your-heating-on-this-weekend-wes-streeting/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
2/1/25: inews: Council Tax and MPs’ Expenses: https://inews.co.uk/news/mps-claim-500000-pay-council-tax-second-homes-3431213 also covered in Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph
1/1/25: Daily Express: Opinion Column for Front Page Story on Energy Crisis: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1994772/winter-fuel-payments-pensioners-energy-bill
27/12/24: Daily Express: Hospital Parking Charges: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1993163/hospital-car-parking-fees-lib-dems
27/12/24: Daily Express: Sandwich Carers and Depression (no link available)
25/12/24: inews: Older People and Pre-Payment Meters: https://inews.co.uk/news/pensioners-4m-prepayment-meters-spending-third-income-energy-3449900
24/12/24: Daily Mail: Christmas and NHS Loss of Confidence: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14223177/ambulance-GP-Christmas-study-reveals.html
24/12/24: Daily Express: Christmas Bonus and Inflation: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1992351/rachel-reeves-christmas-bonus-pensioners
20/12/24: The Sun: TV Licensing Alleged Assault: https://iframe.thesun.co.uk/news/32408430/bbc-licence-fee-officer-car-row/
18/12/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): WASPI Women Refused Compensation: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1989789/ministers-reject-waspi-women-pleas
18/12/24: Daily Express: Government Response to Winter Fuel Petition:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1989884/pensioners-blast-labour-government-over
16/12/24: GB News Interview: TV Licence Enforcement
16/12/24: Daily Mail: Sale of Royal Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14199157/Labour-ministers-criticised-Royal-Mail-foreign-hands-Daniel-Kretinsky.html
16/12/24: Daily Express: Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Opinion Column Dennis Reed: Winter fuel warning: Labour to ‘leave 750k pensioners in the cold’ | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
16/12/24: The Sun: TV Licence Visits on Christmas Day: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/32318189/bbc-pensioners-christmas-day-tv-licence/ including supportive editorial comment. Also in the Daily Mirror
14/12/24: Radio Five Live Breakfast: Interview with member Ann on Winter Fuel
13/12/24: Daily Telegraph: Loneliness at Christmas: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/13/loneliness-elderly-drives-surge-single-christmas-dinner/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
13/12/24: inews: Pension Credit and Winter Fuel: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/claim-pension-credit-winter-fuel-3426176
11/12/24: Daily Telegraph: working from Home Tax Allowance: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/10/work-from-home-cost-100m-in-tax-breaks-since-end-lockdown/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
9/12/24: Daily Express (with editorial comment): Pensioners being Ghosted by Government: Labour accused of ‘ghosting’ pensioners in fury over anti-OAP policies | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
9/12/24: Daily Express: Stroke Patients and Lack of Ambulances: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20241209/281891598856729
6/12/24: inews: MPs Energy Claims: MPs claim £300,000 for energy bills amid winter fuel payment cut
6/12/24: Daily Express: Landlines and Forced Transfers: Campaigners accuse government of caving to telecom demands on digital | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
6/12/24: Daily Mail: State Pension and Means-Testing: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/
4/12/24: inews: State Pension and Means-Testing: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/challenges-means-testing-state-pension-risks-3411601?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=i_imoney_041224&utm_term=editorial_money_active_users
2/12/24 Daily Mail and Daily Express: Liz Kendall Energy Claims
1/12/24: Sunday Mail Front Page Story: Liz Kendall Energy Claims
30/11/24: Daily Express: TV Licence Fee Increase (no link available)
29/11/24: Daily Express: Royal Mail Sale: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20241129/281883008901740
27/11/24: inews: Winter Fuel Case Studies: https://inews.co.uk/news/pensioner-not-turned-heating-two-years-3402732
26/11/24: inews: Threats to State Pension: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/why-state-pension-means-tested-experts-3400769
25/11/24: Daily Express: Front Page Story, Opinion Column and Editorial: Assisted Dying:
https://www.express.co.
https://www.express.co.uk/
24/11/24: Sunday Mail: Shingles Jabs and Age Discrimination: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14119271/Health-Minister-age-discrimination-pensioner-shingles-vaccine-NHS.html
21/11/24: Daily Telegraph: Winter Fuel Cuts and Impact Assessment: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions/labour-told-reveal-how-many-pensioners-die-winter-fuel/
20/11/24: Interviews GB News (Martin Daubney) and Talk TV (Jeremy Kyle): Winter Fuel Payments
19/11/24: Sky News Kay Burley Show: Interview on Winter Fuel and Arctic Blast
19/11/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: Winter Fuel: Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts slammed as energy price cap ‘set to rise’ | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
18/11/24: Daily Mail: NHS Locums Scandal: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14093809/Private-agencies-rake-bumper-profits-hiring-locum-doctors-hospitals.html
16/11/24: The Times (Money): Cashless Car Parks (available subscription only)
15/11/24: Daily Telegraph: Older People and Road Accidents: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/14/surge-car-crashes-elderly-drivers-bus-service-cuts-dft-uk/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
11/11/24: Daily Express (Front Page, Opinion Column and Lead Editorial): Starmer Disrespect:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1974200/keir-starmer-pensioners-winter-fuel-payments
6/11/24: Daily Telegraph: Dental Deserts and Prisons:
4/11/24: Daily Mail: Royals Charge Ambulances on their Land: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14037119/King-Charles-pressure-refund-cash-strapped-NHS-charged-one-trust-11m-park-land.html
4/11/24: Daily Mail: GP Practices and NI Hike: Patients could find it even harder to see a GP after Labour’s hike in National Insurance, health leaders warn | Daily Mail Online
2/11/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Pensioners to Skip Meals: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1970380/rachel-reeves-budget-winter-fuel-payment
30/10/24: inews: Budget and Pensioners: I’m a pensioner in fuel poverty, Labour is attacking older people
29/10/24: Daily Express Front Page, Editorial: Silver Voices Petition Hand-In: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1968301/rachel-reeves-winter-fuel-payments-silver-voices
Also significant coverage in regional press (including Manchester Evening News)
29/10/24: inews: Labour and Older People: https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/why-older-people-abandoned-budget-3349301
28/10/24: Daily Express Double Spread, Opinion Column and Editorial: Pensioners Better Off Under Labour?
MPs would not blink twice at spending hundreds to see Taylor Swift | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
27/10/24: TALK TV: Peter Cardwell: Budget Interview
26/10/24: Daily Telegraph: WFP and Local Authorities: Pensioners face ‘postcode lottery’ over winter fuel discount
26/10/24: Daily Express: Questions over Winter Fuel Savings: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1967355/winter-fuel-payments-mel-stride-letter
25/10/24: The Sun: Nationwide Passbooks Scrapped: Major building society to axe key service affecting 120,000 customers – are you one of them? | The Sun
25/10/24: Daily Express: Budget to Protect Older People (including Comment Column and Leader Comment):
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24/10/24: Daily Telegraph: Dementia Drug Rejected for NHS: Tens of thousands to be recruited into Alzheimer’s trials after landmark drug rejected
24/10/24: BBC Radio Essex Interview: Parking Apps
22/10/24: Daily Express: IMF UK Economy Forecast and Winter Fuel Cuts: Rachel Reeves urged to U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts after UK economy boost | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
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16-17 October 2024: considerable media attention over hand-in of 500,000 strong petition from charities and campaign groups on the winter fuel payment cuts (including 106,000 signatures from Silver Voices). Carried by media across the UK including interviews on BBC and GB News.
Pensioners urge UK government to scrap winter fuel payment cuts
14/10/24: Daily Express: DWP Letter on Winter Fuel: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20241014/281633900689602
13/10/24: Sunday Express: Labour MPs Want Changes to Winter Fuel Policy: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1961067/labour-rachel-reeves-winter-fuel-cut
11/10/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Heating or Eating: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1960265/winter-fuel-payments-Peoples-Health-Trust
10/10/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: Pensioners and Tax: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1959744/pensioners-winter-fuel-tax
9/10/24: Daily Express: Free Prescriptions 60-65: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1959079/free-prescriptions-over-60s-labour-winter-fuel
8/10/24: Daily Express Front Page Story, Editorial and Video: Winter Fuel Protest: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1958254/winter-fuel-payments-protest-unite-npc
6/10/24: Daily Express: Dennis Reed Opinion Column on Winter Fuel Rally: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1958071/keir-starmer-dennis-reed-winter-fuel-payment
5/10/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Winter Fuel and Over 80s: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1957458/winter-fuel-payments-over-80-lib-dems
2/10/24: Daily Mail: Increase in GP Video Appointments: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13911835/gp-appointments-face-face-digital-person-zoom.html
28/9/24: Daily Express Front Page: Government Can Afford Winter Fuel Payments: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1954287/chancellor-winter-fuel-fiscal-rules
27/9/24: The Sun: Pension Credit Process: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/30706139/pension-credit-claim-accepted-third-rejected-always-try-again/
27/9/24: The Sun: Argos Card Holders: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/30700852/argos-card-major-change-service-shoppers-fuming/
25/9/24: Daily Express: Increase in Winter Fuel Payments: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240925/281599540903427
24/9/24: Daily Express: PM Prioritising Working People: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1952401/keir-starmer-workers-pensioners
23/9/24: Daily Express: Budget Petition: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1951733/rachel-reeves-chancellor-winter-fuel-payments
21/9/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: Poorest Pensioners to Lose Winter Fuel Payment: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1951321/Winter-fuel-Labour-economy-Labour-starmer
20/9/24: Daily Express Front Page Story and Opinion Column: Winter Fuel Case Study: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1950775/winter-fuel-payment-pensioner-veteran-jack-barlow
18/9/24: Daily Express Front Page: 1.7 Million Will Not Switch On Heating: Warnings of health disaster for older people amid heating rationing | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
17/9/24: inews: Starmer Gifts and Winter Fuel: https://inews.co.uk/news/pensioners-accuse-starmer-of-being-out-of-touch-over-winter-fuel-and-freebies-rows-3280812
16/9/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: Winter Fuel and Disabled People: Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts branded ‘disgrace’ as new rules come into force | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
16/9/24: Daily Mail: Lib Dems and Health: More than 10 million people face waiting at least one month to see their GP, damning figures reveal | Daily Mail Online
15/9/24: Sunday Express Budget: Keir Starmer faces fresh pressure over winter fuel cuts as petition passes milestone | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
15/9/24: Sunday Mail: Access to GPs: Exposed: How GPs’ infuriating online booking systems STOP patients seeking help. So, how many more will die like Allan before it ends? | Daily Mail Online
14/9/24: Daily Express: Silver Voices Petition Reaches 100,000: Keir Starmer faces fresh pressure over winter fuel cuts as petition passes milestone | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
12/9/24: Daily Express: Winter Fuel Aftermath: Keir Starmer is ‘hiding’ number of pensioner deaths expected after win | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
12/9/24: Daily Telegraph: RAC Breakdowns: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/11/rac-tells-drivers-to-report-breakdowns-online-not-by-phone/?utmsource=email&msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
11/9/24: Daily Express Front Page Splash and Comment Column: Winter Fuel Vote:
10/9/24: Sky News: Kay Burley Show: Debate on Winter Fuel Payments
9/9/24: Daily Express: Warning to Prime Minister: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1946145/winter-fuel-payment-petition-age-uk-keir-starmer
9/9/24: Interviews on Winter Fuel Payments: BBC News, Talk TV, GB News, BBC Regional Radio
8/9/24: BBC Radio 5 Live Interview: Winter Fuel Payment (Breakfast Show available on BBC Sounds 9 am)
7/9/24: Daily Express: Postage Stamp increase: Pensioners to be hit with price hike in Royal Mail first class stamps | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
7/9/24: Talk TV Interview Peter Cardwell: Council Tax Single Discount: https://watch.talk.tv/watch/replay/19090557/peter-cardwell
6/9/24: Daily Express: Front Page Splash, Leader Column and Opinion Column: Winter Fuel Payments:
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1944953/older-people-are-willing-compromise
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1944931/mass-protests-planned-if-government
6/9/24: The Sun: Budget and Pensioners: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/30268123/rachel-reeves-autumn-statement-affect-state-pension-triple-lock/
5/9/24: Daily Mail: Leaked State Pension Increase: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20240905/281724094912196
4/9/24: Daily Mail: Pension Credit Obstacles: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20240904/282230901050840
3/9/24: iNews: Council Tax Single Person Discount: Axeing council tax discount would be ‘hammer-blow’ for pensioners and single parents (inews.co.uk)
3/9/24: Daily Mail (Front Page Story): Labour Ducking Winter Fuel Debate: Labour is accused of ‘running scared’ at growing backlash over controversial plans to axe winter fuel payments for 10 million UK pensioners | Daily Mail Online
3/9/24: Daily Express: Landlines and Older People: Firms playing ‘Russian roulette’ with older people’s lives, campaigner | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
3/9/24: Daily Express Council Tax Single Rebate: New pensioner tax blow as Labour refuses to rule out another council tax hit – Liverpool Echo
2/9/24: GB News Head to Head Debate Winter Fuel Issue
2/9/24 The Guardian and Daily Mail: IPSOS Research on GP Appointments: GPs putting patients at risk by rushing them out in 10 min appointments, damning survey reveals | Daily Mail Online
2/9/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: Winter Fuel and Pensioner Protests: Labour warned U-turn on winter fuel allowance to stop ‘disaster’ | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
2/9/24: Daily Mail: Labour Excuses on Winter Fuel Payments: Labour set to block House of Commons vote on plans to strip the winter fuel allowance for 10 million pensioners leaving Tories’ angry as ministers accused of ‘hiding’ from scrutiny | Daily Mail Online
1/9/24: Sunday Express: Fuel Duty and Older People: PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
1/9/24: Daily Telegraph: Self-Service Checkouts: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/08/30/self-checkouts-taking-over-fashion-despite-shopper-backlash/
28/08/24: Daily Mirror (Front Page Story): Starmer Speech on Painful Budget: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-urged-not-abandon-33548527
25/8/24: Talk TV Peter Cardwell Interview: Winter Fuel
25/8/24: Sunday Express: Winter Fuel Crisis: PressReader.com – Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
24/8/24 Winter Fuel Campaign: Daily Mail and Daily Express:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1939873/Tories-Labour-pensioners-payments-fuel-winter
23/8/24: LBC Interview: Energy Cap Rise
22/8/24: inews: HMRC and State Pensions: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/pensioners-pay-higher-tax-2028-hmrc-writes-sums-3239555?ico=most_popular
20/8/24: Daily Express: Winter Fuel Article by Dennis Reed and Leader Column Mention: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1938110/winter-fuel-policy-rachel-reeves-labour
19/8/24: Daily Mail: Cabinet Ministers and Energy Allowances: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13755571/Labour-cabinet-ministers-using-cash-warm-homes.html
18/8/24: Sunday Express: Winter Fuel Impact Assessment (Front Page Story): https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1937363/chancellor-rachel-reeves-pensioners-winter-fuel
16/8/24: Daily Express: Opinion Column Dennis Reed Winter Fuel: https://www.express.co.uk/
16/8/24: Radio Interviews Winter Fuel Payments: LBC (Nick Ferrari) and Radio 2 (Jeremy Vine)
15/8/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Winter Fuel Payments: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1936110/rachel-reeves-winter-fuel-payment-pensioners
14/8/24: Daily Mail: DWP Golden Handshakes: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20240814/281642490479967
14/8/24: Daily Express: Married Women Pensions: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1935558/Rachel-Reeves-state-pension-warning-Labour
13/8/24: Daily Express: Age Discrimination and NHS: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1935125/nhs-equaltiites-age-discrimination-silver-voices
11/8/24: Sunday Express: Bus Passes and Winter Fuel Payments: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1934561/Furious-pensioners-tell-Chancellor-Hands-off-the-bus-pass
10/8/24: Daily Telegraph: GP Hours and Pay: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/10/gps-are-working-fewer-hours-but-being-paid-more/
10/8/24: Daily Express: More State Pension Errors: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1934267/state-pension-error-dwp-steve-webb
9/8/24: Daily Mirror: Winter Fuel Payments: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/axing-winter-fuel-payment-millions-33420700
5/8/24: Daily Telegraph: GPs and Older Patients: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/05/elderly-patients-unable-to-fight-for-gp-appointment-strikes/
5/8/24: BBC Radio Oxford: Scrapping Landlines Interview
4/8/24: Sunday Express: Social Care Cap and Winter Fuel Payment: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1931706/labour-accused-of-betraying-pensioners
4/8/24: Sun on Sunday: Winter Fuel Payment: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/29665574/pemsioners-chancellor-winter-fuel-payout/
1/8/24: Daily Express: BBC Tim Davie: BBC chief Tim Davie told to resign over Huw Edwards shame | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
1/8/24: Daily Mail: GPs Action to Limit Patients: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13698641/GP-industrial-action-lead-disaster-cancer-care-worsen-E-waiting-times-experts-patient-groups-warn.html
29/7/24 to 1/8/24: Winter Fuel Payment Means Testing: Numerous Media Mentions including: Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Mail and Interviews on BBC 2 Jeremy Vine, GB News, Times Radio. Examples:
Labour must reverse ‘callous decision’ to axe Winter Fuel Payment | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
25/7/24: Daily Express: Social Care Reform: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1928095/Social-Care-NHS-Labour-Conservatives-Lib-Dems
24/7/24: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): GPs Collective Action: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/23/gps-threaten-to-see-fewer-patients-pay-row-protest-labour/
22/7/24: Daily Mail Online: Microsoft IT Problems and GPs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13658641/Microsoft-outage-misery-doctors-warn-expect-WEEK-GP-disruption-hit-NHS-bosses-pushing-digital-model-left-practices-hamstrung-computer-systems-went-down.html
20/7/24: Daily Mail (Front Page Story): Global IT Meltdown: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13653309/Global-meltdown-perils-cashless-society.html
18/7/24: Daily Express: King’s Speech: King’s Speech shows more taxes are on the way under socialist Starmer, | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
17/7/24: Daily Telegraph: NHS Apps: The real dangers of the digital GP surgery (telegraph.co.uk)
17/7/24: Daily Express Spread: Older People Cancelled: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1924097/getting-old-is-like-being-cancelled-survey-older-
17/7/24: Daily Express Dental Crisis: Shocking 13m patients struggling to access NHS dental care | Express.co.uk
8/7/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Express Priorities for New Government: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1920045/express-10-point-common-sense-plan
4/7/24: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Postal Vote Chaos: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20240704/281543706127801
28/6/24: Daily Express: Labour and Pensioner Benefits: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1916301/Pensioners-Keir-Starmer-Labour-Rishi-Sunak-Conservatives
27/6/24: The Sun: Death of Check Outs: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/28781591/sainsburys-checkout-change-staff-tills/
27/6/24: Daily Express: Conspiracy of Silence over Social Care: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1915744/Social-Care-Tories-Labour-Silver-Voices-elderly-alzheimers-dementia-NHS
23/6/24: Talk TV: Tax and Spending: Dennis Reed Interview on Peter Cardwell Show
23/6/24: Sunday Express: State Pension Taxation: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1914231/state-pensioners-labour-income-tax
19/6/24: iNews: General Election and Pensions: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/labour-and-tories-think-triple-lock-can-buy-older-votes-says-pension-campaigner-3117719
17/6/24: Daily Express: Research on Access to GPs: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1911922/pensioners-nhs-social-care-health-report
(also Daily Telegraph on same subject)
14/6/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Labour Manifesto:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1910958/Keir-Starmer-Labour-Manifesto
11/6/24: Daily Mail: Ageism and Lack of Action by EHRC: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13516773/Equality-watchdog-ignoring-institutional-ageism-NHS-favour-sex-race-trans-issues-charity-claims.html
11/6/24: Daily Express: Liberal Democrats and Health and Social Care: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1909343/ed-davey-liberal-democrats-brexit-EU
10/6/24: Daily Express: Parties Must Sort Out Social Care: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240610/281655375226199
7/6/24: Daily Mail: Doctor Will See You Now: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13506229/GPs-plan-protest-seeing-patients-face-face.html
7/6/24: Daily Telegraph: GPs Action on Face to Face Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06/06/gps-patients-face-to-face-bm-action/
5/6/24: Daily Mail: Ratios of GPs to Admin. Staff in Practices: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13467155/Receptionists-outnumber-GPs-90-surgeries-Shock-analysis-reveals-one-practice-22-backroom-staff-one-doctor-bad-situation-waiting-room.html
5/6/24: Daily Express: Social Care Spread and Comment Column from Dennis Reed: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1907333/Social-care-general-election-Tories-Labour-Lib-Dems
4/6/24: Daily Mail: Surge in Private Hospital Treatment: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20240604/282462829065513
31/5/24: Radio Sussex Interview: Digital Voice
30/5/24: Daily Express: Social Care Reforms: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240530/281578065792990
29/5/24: Daily Express: Labour and Tax Allowances: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1904651/millions-of-pensioners-worse-off-under-labour
28/5/24: Interviews on LBC and Talk TV on Future of State Pensions
28/5/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Age-Related Personal Tax Allowance Promise: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1904189/Pensioners-tax-cut-triple-lock-Rishi-Sunak-general-election-cost-of-living
20/5/24: BBC Online: Delay to Switchover Timetable: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5119g5z4q5o
20/5/24: Mail Online: BT Delays Digital Voice: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13432989/BT-axe-ludicrous-digital-landline-switchover-deadline-vulnerable-customers-left-isolated-unable-call-emergency-services.html
20/5/24: Daily Mail: Royal Mail and Second Class Post: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13436691/Fears-future-second-class-Royal-Mail-deliveries-growing-amid-proposed-3-5-billion-takeover-postal-service.html
19/5/24: Sunday Express: Ageism in Sport (no link available)
18/5/24: Radio 4 Today: Royal Mail Sale
17/5/24: Daily Mail Front Page Story: Royal Mail Sale: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13427779/kemi-badenoch-royal-mail-5-billion-sale-warning.html
16/5/24: Daily Express: Private Pension Pots (Dennis Reed Opinion Column to go with Front Page Story): https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1899587/private-pension-pots-comment-dennis-reed-silver-voices
14/5/24: Daily Express: Conspiracy of Silence over Social Care: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240514/281792814125710
9/5/24: Daily Mail: Digital Voice and Sheltered Housing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13392045/Retirement-home-residents-hundreds-pounds-charges-digital-landline-switchover-emergency-alarm.html
8/5/24: Daily Mail: Probate Delays: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-13392485/Grieving-relatives-face-long-waits-hold-probate-office-helpline-hours-cut.html
5/5/24: Sunday Express: Older People and Tax Threshold: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1895657/huge-majority-backs-increased-tax-threshold-for-pensioners
29/4/24: Daily Mail: Family Doctors: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13360291/End-family-doctor-half-patients-GP.html
28/4/24: Daily Mirror: Labour Pledge on Triple Lock: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-gives-update-future-32688122
28/4/24: The Sun: Costa Coffee and Hospitals: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/27561744/costa-coffee-blasted-unacceptable-price-hikes-hospital/
26/4/24: i Newspaper: Single Pensioners: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/panic-single-pensioners-struggling-afford-bills-3023988
23/4/24: LBC Interview Iain Dale Show: Age Discrimination
23/4/24: i Newspaper: Passport Applications: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/bills/thousands-overpaying-new-passports-rule-elderly-3017805?ico=related_stories
22/4/24: Daily Mail: NHS App: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20240422/281762749310831
19/4/24: Daily Telegraph: Rise in Dental Insurance: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/18/dental-insurance-at-record-levels-as-nhs-in-crisis/
16/4/24: Daily Mail: Landlines and Continuing Uncertainty: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13314051/Pensioners-vulnerable-customers-digital-landline-switchover-telecoms-bosses-broadband.html
13/4/24: Daily Express: Dennis Reed Opinion Column on Age UK Blueprint (no link available)
12/4/24: Daily Express: Labour and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1887791/keir-starmer-triple-lock-pensions-labour-manifesto
12/4/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Triple Lock Shortfalls: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1887492/State-pension-triple-lock-increase-shortfall-inflation-earnings
11/4/24: Daily Mirror: Labour and Buses: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-plans-save-up-1300-32557142
10/4/24: Daily Express: Labour Adviser and Ageist Remarks: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1886855/Labour-pensioner-tax-advisor-codgers
9/4/24: inews: Growing Gap Between Old and New State Pensions: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/older-retirees-triple-lock-widens-state-pension-gap-2996772
8/4/24: Daily Mail: France Fines for GP Non-Attendance: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13284423/France-FINE-patients-miss-GP-appointments-4-30-bid-free-millions-slots.html
8/4/24: Daily Express: Victory for Landlines Campaign: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240408/282007562417721
8/4/24: Daily Express: Triple Lock Increase: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1885848/Pensioners-state-pension-triple-lock-Jeremy-Hunt
4/4/24: The Sun: GPs. Patients Asked to Bring Batteries: https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/27121347/gp-surgery-kent-patients-batteries/
3/4/24: Daily Mail: Access to GPs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13267579/GP-crisis-appointment-difficult-practice-interactive-map.html
2/4/24: Daily Express: Two Tier State Pension Growing Gap: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240402/281513641166028
2/4/24: Daily Mail: Long Waits for GPs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13259133/patients-wait-month-GP-appointment-map-graphs.html
29/3/24: Daily Express: Triple Lock Wiped Out by Tax Rises: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1882749/Pensions-Triple-lock-Jeremy-Hunt-Budget-National-Insurance-Tax-Dennis-Reed-Age-UK
28/3/24: Daily Express: National Insurance and Silver Voices Survey: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1882366/Pensioners-Pensions-Dennis-Reed-Jeremy-Hunt
27/3/24: Daily Express: Sunak and Triple lock Promise: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1881954/Triple-Lock-manifesto-promise
27/3/24: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): NHs Dissatisfaction Levels: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/27/nhs-satisfaction-lowest-british-social-attitudes-survey/
25/3/24: Daily Express: Chancellor Triple Lock Manifesto Promise; https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1881157/chancellor-jeremy-hunt-pension-triple-lock-labour-general-election
24/3/24: Sunday Mail: Shingles Jabs and Age Discrimination:
23/3/24: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Labour: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1880607/Keir-Starmer-triple-lock
22/3/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: WASPI Compensation: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1880261/waspi-women-compensation
21/3/24: Daily Express: Triple Lock: Comment Column Dennis Reed: Tory triple lock manifesto promise is a great first election shot | Express Comment | Comment | Express.co.uk
21/3/24: Daily Express Front Page Story: Tories Triple Lock Promise: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1879818/pension-triple-lock-saved
21/3/24: Daily Mirror: Triple Lock: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pensioners-give-jeremy-hunt-election-32399259
21/3/24: Daily Express: Mel Stride and Snooping Powers: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1879856/Pensioners-snooping-fraud-mel-stride-benefits
20/3/24: Daily Express and Daily Mail: HMRC to Close Telephone Lines:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1879349/HMRC-phone-line-closed-six-months
17/3/24: BBC1 Laura Kuenssberg: Quote on Means-Tested Pensions and National Insurance
16/3/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Hunt, State Pensions and National Insurance: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1878083/Jeremy-Hunt-tax-pensioners-triple-lock
13/3/24: Daily Mail: Insurance Tax: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mailplus/article-13188871/The-8-2bn-stealth-tax-family-Britain-paying.html
8/3/24: Daily Express: Opinion Column from Dennis Reed on Budget: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1874861/budget-stunning-miscalculation-chancellor-dennis-reed
8/3/24: Daily Express: Hunt and Pensioners: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/jeremy-hunt-ive-done-an-enormous-amount-to-help-pensioners/ar-BB1jvcRd
8/3/24: Daily Mail: NHS and AI:
8/3/24: Daily Mail: NHS App Concerns: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13172943/NHS-app-start-tracking-steps-Britain-Big-Brother.html
8/3/24: Daily Mirror: Budget and Pensioners (Front Page Story): https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pensioners-biggest-losers-jeremy-hunts-32294776
7/3/24: ITV Tonight: Online Britain/Digital Exclusion
7/3/24: Daily Telegraph: Victory on Online GP Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/06/gp-forced-patients-book-appointments-phone-nhs-contract/
6/3/24: LBC Live Budget Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Rc69vcS9k
6/3/24: Daily Express and Daily Mail: Pre-Budget Comment (also mention on Radio 4 Today)
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1873996/Pensioners-budget-National-Insurance-tax
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13161385/jeremy-hunt-national-insurance-cut-budget.html
5/3/24: BBC Radio Sussex Interview: Digital Voice
4/3/24: Daily Express: Comment Column from Dennis Reed on Budget 2024: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1873525/Triple-Lock-Budget-Silver-Voices
4/3/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Budget: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1873237/Jeremy-Hunt-Budget-Personal-Taxes
3/3/24: Daily Mail: Self-Check Ins at Accident and Emergency: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13150125/A-E-patients-wade-14-PAGES-touch-screen-questions-asked-losing-lots-blood.html
3/3/24: Sunday Express (Front Page Story): Budget and the Grey Vote: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1873070/Fury-over-Budget-threat-to-ignore-pensioners
3/3/24: Sunday Mail: Shingles Jabs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13149465/nhs-shingles-vaccine-discrimination.html
1/3/24: Daily Mail: GP Same Day Appointment Experiment: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13143599/Health-service-initiative-offers-patients-chance-GP-day-one-15-chance-actually-seeing-doctor.html
29/2/24: Guardian: TV Licence Prosecutions: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/29/tv-licence-fee-scandal-1000-people-week-casually-criminalised?ref=biztoc.com
29/2/24: Daily Telegraph: GP Same Day Appointment Experiment: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/28/patients-little-chance-see-gp-in-nhs-same-day-acccess-plan/
28/2/24: Daily Mail: A&E Waits: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13135589/England-12-hour-waits-AE-quietest-UK-worst-queues.htm
27/2/24: Daily Express: Driving Tests for Over-65s: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1871128/over-65-driving-test-petition-failure
27/2/24: Daily Mail: Cancer Survival Research: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13127193/Elderly-patients-denied-life-saving-cancer-care-NHS-major-study-warns.html
24/2/24: Daily Mail: NHS Chiefs Pay Rises:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13120025/NHS-chiefs-pay-rise-strike.html
21/2/24: Daily Express: Triple Lock Labour Pledge: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1868856/Labour-triple-lock-pensions-policy-warning
20/2/24: Daily Mail: Government Response to Digital Voice Petition: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13103531/Governments-refusal-telecoms-firms-forced-digital-phone-line-rollout-disdainful-pensioners.html
20/2/24: Daily Express: Halt State Pension Age Rise to 67: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1868400/State-pension-age-hike-must-be-paused
17/2/24: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Overseas Dentists: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/16/foreign-dentists-allowed-work-uk-without-qualifications/
16/2/24: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Four Week Waits for GPs: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/four-week-waits-for-gp-appointment-at-record-high-nhs-figures-show/ar-BB1illIY
14/2/24: Daily Mail: No Work for Locum GPs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13079007/The-locum-GP-wont-Freelance-doctors-charge-850-shift-work-wait-weeks-appointment.html
13/2/24: Sky News: Debate on Kay Burley Show: State Pension Age (available on Facebook and Twitter)
10/2/24: Talk TV: Peter Cardwell: Future of State Pension (available on YouTube)
5/2/24: Daily Express (including comment column from Dennis Reed): DWP Snooping Powers: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1863162/Pensioners-snooping-digital-freedom
2/2/24: Daily Mail: Landlines Petition Reaches Target: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13029315/Petition-delay-landlines-vulnerable-pensioners-government.html
31/1/24: Daily Mail: Pharmacy First: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13027141/Rishi-Sunaks-pharmacy-revolution-free-10million-GP-appointments-year-Major-NHS-shake-gives-chemists-power-dole-drugs-seven-minor-ailments.html
30/1/24: BBC Three Counties Radio Interview: Landlines Switchover
26/1/24: Daily Express: Eye Tests for Older Drivers: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1859905/older-drivers-eye-tests-driving-licence
25/1/24: Daily Express: Ofcom Options on Royal Mail: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1859464/Royal-Mail-Rishi-Sunak-delivery-services
23/1/24: Daily Express Royal Mail Cuts: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1858538/royal-mail-saturday-post
22/1/24: Daily Express Comment Column BBC Prosecutions: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1858196/bbc-silver-voices-group-dennis-reed
22/1/24: Daily Express: GP Funding Cuts: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1858146/gp-funding-liberal-democrats
21/1/24: Sunday Times: BBC and Single Justice Procedure (subscription only link)
21/1/24: Sunday Telegraph: Age Limits on Cancer Screening (no link available)
20/1/24: i newspaper: BBC Licence Fee Future: https://inews.co.uk/news/media/greg-dyke-make-licence-fee-free-benefits-wealthy-2863367
19/1/24: Daily Express: Digital Voice Petition and Dennis Reed Comment Column (also Mail Online)
https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1857258/tories-scandal-vulnerable-pensioners
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1857289/telephone-landlines-petitions-concerns
16/1/24: BBC Radio Sussex: Interview on Landline Switch and various specialist business websites https://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/content/news/dpa-joins-petition-to-raise-awareness-of-pstn-switch-off
15/1/24: Daily Express: NHS Hospital Waiting Times: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1855598/accident-emergency-trolley-waits-lib-dems
12/1/24: Daily Mail: Possible GPs Industrial Action: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12952565/Now-GPs-threatening-strike-110-000-year-family-doctors-organise-industrial-action-ahead-general-election-later-year.html
11/1/24: BBC Radio Surrey: GP Redundancies (also Daily Telegraph)
7/1/24: Daily Telegraph: Intrusive NHS Questionnaire: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/06/nhs-patients-asked-genders-sexual-preferences-religion/
4/1/24: Daily Mail: Digital Voice Boycott (also Daily Express): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12922083/Pensioners-launch-boycott-forced-BT-digital-landline-switchover-Brits-told-DONT-cooperate-rollout-send-protest-letters-telecoms-providers-instead-amid-fears-millions-left-dark-event-outages.html
2/1/24: Daily Mirror: Bus Route Cuts: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bus-services-crisis-miles-driven-31784025
1/1/24: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Comment Column): GPs Crisis: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1850541/gp-appointment-doctor-liberal-democrats
31/12/23: Daily Telegraph: NHS Gift Vouchers: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/30/nhs-splashes-out-4m-staff-gift-vouchers/
30/12/23: Guardian/Observer: Royal Mail Delays: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/30/royal-mail-fails-to-hit-first-class-delivery-target-in-every-uk-area
28/12/23: Daily Telegraph: Food Self-Service Counters: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/12/27/elderly-shut-out-restaurants-cut-costs-self-service-kiosks/
27/12/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Comment Column): Hospital Parking Charges: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1849313/hospital-parking-fees-abolish
27/12/23: Talk TV Interview: Hospital Parking Charges
27/12/23: Daily Mail: Hospital Parking Charges: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12902423/Hospital-patients-visitors-forced-fork-146-MILLION-parking-year-costs-soar.html
24/12/23: The Sun on Sunday: Face to Face GP Appointments; https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/25152726/nhs-doctors-failing-patients-remote-appointments/
24/12/23: Mail on Sunday: Hospital Discharges: Bullying Allegation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/exclusive/article-12897121/Bullying-probe-launched-against-consultant-told-slacking-doctors-work-without-shoes-punishment-slow-discharge-elderly-patients-hospital.html
23/12/23: Daily Telegraph: Royal Mail Survey: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/22/royal-mail-telegraph-survey-delays-first-class-ofcom/
23/12/23: Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, the Sun: Junior Doctors’ Strike:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/25143167/nhs-gp-appointments-after-junior-doctor-strikes/
20/12/23: Daily Telegraph: Telecom Companies Blame Care Companies Over Digital Voice Problems: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/12/19/care-companies-not-doing-enough-to-protect-elderly-claims/
19/12/23: Daily Express: Dentistry Crisis: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1846934/dentist-nhs-health-teeth-decay
18/12/23: Daily Mail: NHS Waiting Lists: https://mailonline.pressreader.com/article/281878713169917
18/12/23: Daily Telegraph: Digital Voice Pause (Front Page Story): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/12/18/bt-and-rivals-told-to-stop-forcing-digital-landlines/
Also: Radio 4 Today, Radio 2 Jeremy Vine, BBC TV News Interviews and The Guardian and Daily Mail Articles:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12877065/bt-pause-digital-landlines-alarms-stopped.html
15/12/23: Daily Mirror: Triple Lock and Labour: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/labour-committed-pension-triple-lock-31671159
14/12/23: Daily Mail: Digital Voice Horror Story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/bills/article-12860281/BTs-digital-landline-switchover-horror-story-problems-pensioners-phones.html
13/12/23: Daily Mail: Digital Voice: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/bills/article-12858575/bt-digital-landline-switchover-pensioners-woes-phone-access-alarms.html
13/12/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock and IFS Proposals: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1844803/pensions-triple-lock-system-overhaul-proposals-criticism
12/12/23: BBC You and Yours: Digital Exclusion
10/12/23: Sunday Telegraph: Online GP Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/09/health-chiefs-failing-older-patients-break-face-gp-pledge/
9/12/23: Daily Mail (Front Page Story): Royal Mail Letters Delays: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12843565/Christmas-Royal-Mail-cards-cancer-scans.html
9/12/23: Daily Express: TV Licence Prosecutions: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1843434/BBC-licence-fee-TV-payment
6/12/23: Daily Express: Broadcast Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1842783/broadcast-tv-radio-2040
5/12/23: Daily Mirror: Migration and Social Care: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-tories-unveil-migration-crackdown-31595013.amp
5/12/23: Daily Express: BBC Licence Fee and over-75s: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1841982/tv-licence-fee-rise-inflation
4/12/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Manifestos: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1841627/State-pension-triple-lock-campaign-Rishi-Sunak
30/11/23: Daily Express: GP Continuity: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1840572/patients-same-GP
30/11/23: Daily Express and OECD threat to Triple Lock (no link available)
29/11/23: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Lead): Dangers of Virtual GP Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/29/patients-at-risk-from-virtual-gp-appointments/
Also Interview on Jeremy Vine Radio 2 Show
28/11/23: Daily Mail: 97 Year Old in Neighbour Dispute: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12798811/Pictured-Neighbour-97-year-old-pensioners-life-living-hell-complaining-feeding-birds-garden-two-year-ordeal-saw-threatened-100-fine-bully-council.html
24/11/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock Aftermath (plus comment column): https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20231124/281621015081645
23/11/23: ITV Tonight: Age Discrimination on Motor Insurance
23/11/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock Victory (Front Page Story): https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1837780/Triple-lock-State-pension-campaign-victory
22/11/23: Daily Express: Autumn Statement: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20231122/281685439586447
21/11/23: Daily Express: Media Bill: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1837401/TV-traditional-protect-campaign
21/11/23: Channel 5 Jeremy Vine: Discussion on Triple Lock
21/11/23: Daily Telegraph: GP Waiting Times Worse than Rwanda: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/21/gp-access-easier-rwanda-than-britain-study-nhs/
20/11/23: Daily Express: Frozen Pensions: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20231120/281960317489058
20/11/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Comment Column) Honour the Triple Lock (also mentioned by Radio 4 Today): https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1836772/jeremy-hunt-older-voters-triple-lock-figures
19/11/23: Observer/Guardian: Digital Voice: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/nov/20/as-uk-landlines-go-digital-fears-grow-for-vulnerable-people-whose-home-phone-is-a-lifeline
16/11/23: Mail Online: Pharmacy First:
14/11/23: The Times Mark Porter Column GP Appointments (behind paywall): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-to-get-appointment-gp-dr-mark-porter-advice-2023-2vqb99v6k
13/11/23: The Elusive GP Survey:
Daily Telegraph Front Page: GPs ‘elusive species’ as eight in 10 elderly patients have to accept phone appointments (telegraph.co.uk)
Daily Express: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1834213/GP-appointment-nhs-digital-barrier
Daily Mirror: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/three-quarters-pensioners-struggled-gp-31419864
11/11/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Government Petition: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1833788/state-pension-jeremy-hunt-triple-lock
11/11/23: The Sun: Morrisons Cut Cash Points: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/24698750/morrisons-self-checkout-card-cash/
10/11/23: Daily Mirror: Social Care Crisis: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/social-care-shake-up-budget-31400399
31/10/23: Scottish Sun: Grotesque Masks to Advertise Day Centre: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/11450058/bizarre-grotesque-advert-slammed-for-demeaning-scots-pensioners/
28/10/23: Daily Telegraph: Use of Physician Associates rather than GPs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/27/nhs-gp-surgery-appointments-family-doctors/
25/10/23: Silver Insights Research on Traditional TV and Radio (Save Freeview) Mirror, Express and Scottish Mail:
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20231025/281968907369722
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/save-tv-radio-pensioners-delay-31269538
25/10/23: Daily Mail: Insurance Hikes for Older Drivers: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-rise-of-the-1-000-car-insurance-bill/ar-AA1iMRYR
25/10/23: Daily Mail: GPs Queue Jumping: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12667171/How-doctors-JUMPING-NHS-queue-treated-quicker-you.html
23/10/23: Daily Express: Lobby Tory MPs on Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1826777/pensioners-triple-lock-conservatives-warning
19/10/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock Fears: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1825356/Rishi-Sunak-Triple-Lock-Pensions-Silver-Voices
18/10/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock Spread: no web link available
15/10/23: Sunday Mail: Insurance Premiums Tax: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12631803/Chancellor-urged-slash-7BILLION-stealth-tax-insurance-policies-industrys-trade-body.html
15/10/23: Sunday Telegraph: Hospitals Rats and Mice Infestations: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/14/rat-infestations-plague-nhs-hospitals/
14/10/23: Daily Telegraph: Private GP Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/13/private-gp-appointments-triple-nhs-waiting-lists-grow/
12/10/23: Daily Telegraph: Age Discrimination in Cancer Screening: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/11/nhs-age-discrimination-breast-cancer-screening-bowel-cervix/ . Story also in the Daily Express.
10/10/23: Daily Express: Zero VAT on Prescriptions: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1822183/Medicine-saving-VAT-change
9/10/23: Radio 4 You and Yours: Digital Voice (available on BBC Sounds)
8/10/23: Sunday Mirror: Sunak Speech: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-totally-ignored-older-31129913
2/10/23: Daily Express: Silver Manifesto: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1818755/Triple-lock-pension-survey-rishi-sunak
2/10/23: Daily Mail: Online GP Appointments: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/health-news/patients-speak-to-gp-online-or-on-video-for-one-in-50-appointments/ar-AA1hxCj6
27/9/23: BBC Local Radio Dennis Reed Interview on Digital Voice covered by Mail Online:
27/9/23: Daily Mail: Digital Voice Roll-Out: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12563539/BT-cutting-pledge-landlines-switch-digital-phones.html
26/9/23: Daily Express: Gordon Brown and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1816705/gordon-brown-triple-lock-pension
25/9/23: Daily Express: Comment Column by Dennis Reed on Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1816287/rishi-sunak-tax-cuts-pensions-protection
22/9/23: LBC Nick Ferrari Interview with Dennis Reed on Triple Lock (55mins in): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/chancellor-jeremy-hunt-speaks-to-nick-ferrari/id1486756254?i=1000628810919
22/9/23: Daily Express: Chancellor and the Triple Lock: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20230922/281642489786085
21/9/23: Mail Online: GPs and Hospital Referrals: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12545675/GPs-told-ask-hospital-consultants-referrals-amid-warnings.html
20/9/23: Daily Mail: Age Discrimination in Insurance:
20/9/23: Daily Express Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1814562/triple-lock-petition-silver-voices
20/9/23: Daily Express: Traditional TV Viewing: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20230920/281578065272030
19/9/23: Daily Express (Front Page and Editorial Comment): Triple Lock Petition https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1814198/Laura-Trott-triple-lock-penion-latest
18/9/23: Daily Express: Labour and the Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1814024/labour-keir-starmer-triple-lock-petition
16/9/23: Daily Express: Support for Triple Lock Petition: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1813441/pension-triple-lock-warning-lord-foulkes
16/9/23: Daily Mirror: Ticket Offices Campaign: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/railway-stations-ticket-office-closure-30951445
15/9/23: iNews: Triple Lock: https://inews.co.uk/news/shameful-britain-old-state-pension-worse-off-2618213
15/9/23: Daily Mail: Accident and Emergency Pressures: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/a-e-delays-fuelled-by-gp-appointment-crisis-experts-claim/ar-AA1gM4SO
15/9/23: Daily Express: Labour and the Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1812997/starmer-triple-lock
14/9/23: Daily Express Front Page and Comment Column: Triple Lock Petition:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1812557/triple-lock-pension-rish-sunak-betrayal
13/9/23: Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror on Triple Lock:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/fears-triple-lock-pension-end-30927871
13/9/23: Daily Express Front Page: Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1812193/rishi-sunak-triple-lock-betrayal-pensioners
11/9/23: Daily Express: Dennis Reed Comment Column on Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1811401/triple-lock-pensions-politicians-rishi-sunak-dennis-reed
11/9/23: Daily Express: Sunak and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1811365/rishi-sunak-state-pension-triple-lock
8/9/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Comment Column by Dennis Reed): Triple Lock Threats: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1810615/Triple-lock-pension-threat-retirement-age
8/9/23: Daily Mail: Triple Lock and IFS: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12494203/Triple-lock-given-OAPs-1-200-year-income-boost-report-shows-report-finds-ministers-face-insurmountable-pressure-raise-state-pension-age-faster.html
5/9/23: Daily Mirror: Digital Voice: https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/bt-stops-offering-traditional-landlines-30859320
5/9/23: Daily Express: Digital Voice: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1809417/UK-landline-switch-off-date-internet-calling
4/9/23: Daily Express: TV Licences and Cost-of-Living (article, comment column and leader opinion column): https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1808990/bbc-tv-licence-payments-cost-of-living
1/9/23: Daily Mail: GP Salaries and Drop in Face to Face Appointments: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12465447/GP-salaries-soar-12-000-face-face-appointments-plummet-official-data-reveals.html
1/9/23: Daily Telegraph: GP Salaries and Drop in Face to Face Appointments: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/gp-pay-up-20pc-despite-seeing-third-fewer-patients/ar-AA1g39eP
31/8/23: Daily Express: Digital Voice Breach of Faith (no link available)
30/8/23: Interview on You and Yours Radio 4: DVLA Delays: Available on BBC Sounds 36 minutes into programme
22/8/23: Daily Mail Online: Overseas Nurses: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12421189/Spend-penny-dogs-dinner-Royal-College-Nursing-creates-guide-slang-foreign-medics.html
21/8/23: Daily Mail (also Daily Telegraph): GPs Setting Daily Patient Limits: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12427017/Nearly-four-ten-GP-surgeries-set-limits-number-patients-deal-day-survey-finds-BMA-calls-doctors-25-people-day-redirect-miss-services-111.html
17/8/23: LBC Interview with Colin Brazier on Triple Lock (available on Global Player)
15/8/23: Daily Mirror: Age Discrimination: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pensioners-blast-disdainful-tories-ministers-30697007
13/8/23: Sunday Express: Equity Release and Older People: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20230813/281672554473900
11/8/23: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Labour: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1800971/labour-triple-lock-pensions
8/8/23: Daily Express: BBC and Over 75s: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1799667/BBC-TV-licence-over-75s-free-pay
6/8/23: Sunday Telegraph: GPs Refusing Face to Face Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/05/one-in-six-gps-fail-to-see-patients-face-to-face-nhs/
5/8/23: Daily Mirror: Manchester United Digital Only Season Tickets: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manutd-season-ticket-statement-allegations-30635630
5/8/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Married Women Pension Injustice: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1798975/pension-injustice-victory-victims
4/8/23: Daily Mirror (Front Page Story): Older Workers Get On Your Bike: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/new-tory-tebbit-tells-cash-30624926
3/8/23: Daily Mirror: Ticket Office Madness: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pensioners-attack-completely-mad-plans-30610436
2/8/23: Daily Express: Older People and Mortgages:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1797624/pensioners-cost-of-living-mortgage-retirement-crisis
29/7/23: Daily Express: Freeview TV Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1796355/Keep-us-tuned-in-Freeview-petition
28/7/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Labour Party and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1796054/triple-lock-pension-protection-labour-keir-starmer
28/7/23: Daily Express: Ageism Petition Reaches 10K Signatures (no link available)
21/7/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Pension Pots and Inheritance Income Tax: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1793480/treasury-axe-pension-tax-break
21/7/23: Mail Online: GP patient ratings: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12318979/Worst-rated-GP-practices-England-ranked-Shock-NHS-analysis-reveals-just-one-10-patients-happy-surgeries-use-table-fares.html
18/7/23: Daily Express: Ticket Office Closures: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1792495/train-station-closures-age-discrimination
13 July 2023: Daily Mail: Junior Doctors Strike: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12290765/Junior-doctors-told-use-5-day-NHS-strike-picnic.html
9 July 2023: Daily Telegraph: No GP Walk-In Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/08/gps-refuse-book-appointments-patients-walking-in-surgeries/
9 July 2023: Sunday Mail: Comparing GP and AI Advice: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12278145/DR-ELLIE-CANNON-asks-AI-Bot-doctor-help-shocked-advice.html
8 July 2023: Daily Telegraph: Junior Doctors’ Strike: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/07/junior-doctors-strikes-nhs-more-money-to-work-walkouts/
6 July 2023: BBC TV Look North: Interview on Parking Apps and Ticket Offices: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001njwf/look-north-east-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-evening-news-06072023
29 June 2023: Daily Mail Front Page Story: Consultants’ Strike: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12244545/Fury-NHS-consultants-128-000-allowed-PRIVATE-work-strike-days.html
28 June LBC Radio: Dennis Reed Interview on Triple Lock
28 June 2023: Daily Express: Ageism Petition Launch: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1785324/public-inquiry-age-discrimination-older-people-silver-voices
20 June 2023: Daily Express: Triple Lock Fury: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1782385/pension-triple-lock-william-hague
13 June 2023: Daily Express: Silver Voices Age Discrimination Survey: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1780053/ageism-over-60s-work-survey-silver-voices
9 June 2023: Daily Mirror: Further Delay to Social Care Cap: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rishi-sunak-blasted-over-delay-30192408
2 June 2023: Daily Telegraph: Heat Wave Warnings: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/01/new-heatwave-warnings-not-nanny-state-health-officials/
1 June 2023: Daily Telegraph: Digital Voice Roll-Out: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/bt-relaunches-wifi-phone-roll-out/
30-31 May: Daily Telegraph and Daily Express: Marks and Spencer Snubs to Older People: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1775821/m-s-snubbed-elderly-customers-going-cashless
26/5/23: Daily Mail: Hospital Waiting Lists: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12123107/Waiting-list-lengths-hospital-REVEALED-search-tool.html
26/5/23: Daily Express: Access to Cash: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1774369/Banks-customers-access-cash
24/5/23: Daily Telegraph: Marks and Spencer Self-Check Outs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/24/marks-spencer-self-service-tills-clothing-homeware/
22/5/23: Daily Express: Campaign for £320 per week Living Pension: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1773137/State-pension-rise-replace-Pension-Credit
20/5/23: Daily Mail: GPs and Fees: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12104317/GPs-demand-right-charge-NHS-patients-allowing-pay-jump-line.html
17/5/23: Daily Express: Expansion of Freeview Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1771117/traditional-tv-freeview-streaming-services-coalition
16/5/23: Daily Mail: Abandoning 3G Network: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-12090095/Could-3G-shutdown-leave-mobile-phone-blackspot.html
13/5/23: Daily Express: EHRC Fails Older People (no web link)
11/5/23: Daily Mirror: Travel Insurance Discrimination: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/older-holidaymakers-face-prohibitive-travel-29948156
1/5/23: Daily Express: Government and BBC: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1764689/government-overhaul-tv-licence-fee
28/4/23: Daily Telegraph: Supermarket Discounts and Older People: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/28/supermarkets-accused-locking-out-elderly/
27/4/23: Daily Express: Freeview Petition Grows (and Comment Column from Dennis Reed): https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1763226/Keep-Us-Tuned-In-crusade-protect-television
26/4/23: This is Money: Older People and Cash: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-12016315/Cash-usage-plummets-older-generation.html
26/4/23: Daily Mirror Social Care Crisis: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-told-act-now-save-29805037
25/4/23: Daily Express: BBC and Over-75s: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1762083/bbc-free-tv-licence-over-75s
25/4/23: Daily Mail: Short GP Appointments: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12007879/The-GP-couple-minutes.html
25/4/23: The Sun: Short GP Appointments https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22148013/nhs-figures-show-millions-gp-appointments-rushed/
22/4/23: Daily Mail: National Trust and Parking Apps: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12001201/Two-MILLION-face-parking-meter-deserts-councils-scrap-traditional-pay-display-meters.html
19/4/23: The Sun: 999 and Ambulance Waits: https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/22079918/patients-wait-hour-half-ambulance-calls-answered/
18/4/23: Daily Mail: Mixed Hospital Wards: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11982173/Number-NHS-patients-placed-mixed-sex-wards-reaches-time-high-nearly-5-000.html
16/4/23: Sun on Sunday: Hospital Coffee Costs: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/22054412/costa-coffee-ten-p-surcharge-refreshments-nhs-outlets/
16/4/23: Mail on Sunday: Cashless Parking: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11977555/APPalling-baffled-drivers-tap-phone-226-TIMES-just-park-cars.html
16/4/23: Sunday Telegraph: Ageist Language: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/15/old-age-youth-trigger-warning-exeter-university/
14/4/23:Daily Express: Cash Famine: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1758107/bank-branch-closures-cash-machines
13/4/23: Daily Express: Savings and the Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1757599/triple-lock-pensioners-savings
7/4/23: Daily Mirror: Cashless Parking: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/campaigners-welcome-calls-keep-cash-29646562
6/4/23: Talk TV Interview with Dennis Reed on Apps and Older People (Interview 2.26 into programme): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqrCnqzux8g
7/4/23: Daily Mail: Difficulty Getting GP Appointments:
6/4/23: Daily Express: Lifetime Allowances (Pensions):
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1755736/State-pension-Jeremy-Hunt-lifetime-allowance-tax
4/4/23: Daily Express: Retirement Age at 67 Should be Shelved: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1754678/state-pension-age-rise
30/3/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story: State Pension Age Rise Delayed: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1752551/state-pension-age-rise-delayed
25/3/23: Sunday Mail: Digital Voice Roll-Out: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-11901629/BT-defies-critics-restart-rollout-controversial-digital-phones.html
22/3/23: Daily Express: Over 75s Revolt on TV Licences: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1749247/BBC-TV-licence-fee-evasion
18/3/23: Daily Express Front Page and Comment Column: Potential Licence Fee Rises: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1747847/bbc-TV-licence-fee-rise
16/3/23: Daily Express: Budget Comment: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1746932/jeremy-hunt-spring-budget-2023-at-a-glance
13/3/23: Daily Mirror: Budget and Energy Support: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/energy-bills-nightmare-looms-closer-29439134
13/3/23: Daily Express: Comment Column by Dennis Reed on Budget:
11/3/23: Daily Express: Budget and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1745007/State-pension-Jeremy-Hunt-triple-lock-budget-march
7/3/23: Daily Mail: New GP Contract: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11827209/Patients-GP-slot-referred-time-call.html
6/3/23: Daily Express: Freeview Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1742632/protect-traditional-tv-petition-government
4/3/23: Daily Express: Fuel Poverty and Older People (also article on deaths while waiting for social care, no link available):
1/3/23: Daily Express: Working Pensioners Income Cuts: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1740672/pensioners-income-jeremy-hunt-budget-boost
27/2/23: Daily Express: Energy Price Cap and State Pension: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1740000/state-pension-energy-price-cap-ofgem-energy-bills-cost
25/2/23: Daily Express: Frozen Pensions Petition: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1739285/state-pension-freeze-british-expats-silver-voices-dennis-reed
22/2/23: Daily Mail: More Receptionists Than GPs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11775115/GPs-outnumbered-RECEPTIONISTS-practices.html
19/2/23: Sunday Mirror: Frozen Pensions: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nearly-500000-brits-overseas-face-29251189
18/2/23: Daily Mirror: Tim Davie and Licence Fee: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/angry-viewers-challenge-flippant-bbc-29245528
18/2/23: Daily Express: TV Licences and Tim Davie (Comment Column Dennis Reed as part of front page splash) https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1736251/bbc-tv-licence-fee-non-payment-prosecution
16/2/23: inews: MW and LW Broadcasts to be Discontinued: https://inews.co.uk/culture/radio/bbc-radio-switching-off-long-wave-shipping-forecast-install-new-alert-system-2151199
14/2/23: Daily Mirror: Freeview Petition: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/pressure-mounts-tories-save-terrestrial-29205888
14/2/23: Daily Mail: GP/ Patient Ratios: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11747055/Number-patients-family-doctor-highest-level-population-grows.html
14/2/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Council Tax Rises: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1734327/council-tax-rises-cost-of-living-bills
11/2/23: Daily Express: Save Freeview Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1733455/save-traditional-tv-express-campaign
11/2/23: Daily Mail: ATM Closures: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11738419/Number-free-use-cash-machines-fall-lowest-levels-decade.html
10/2/23: GB News: Threats to Triple Lock: https://www.gbnews.uk/money/state-pension-triple-lock-under-threat-fears-grow-policy-to-be-scrapped-its-hard-to-justify/440024
9/2/23: Daily Express: Frozen Pensions Campaign:
8/2/23: Daily Mirror: Call a General Election in 2023: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/oaps-demand-general-election-amid-29154796
8/2/23: Daily Mail: National Savings Age Discrimination: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-11723339/Why-NS-turning-away-older-savers-new-4-bond.html
8/2/23: Daily Mail: NHS Branding: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11724597/NHS-fire-hiring-branding-agency-improve-image-amid-strikes-waiting-list-crisis.html
2/2/23: Daily Express: New Threat to Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1729501/state-pension-triple-lock-unsustainable
31/1/23: Daily Mail: Virtual GP Wards: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11694183/Minister-faces-backlash-claim-patients-comfortable-attending-GP-appointments-online.html
31/1/23: Daily Express Front Page Story: GP Appointment Crisis: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1728381/nhs-crisis-brits-unable-to-see-gp
29/1/23: Sunday Express: Water Bills: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1727529/water-bills-cost-of-living-rise-poverty-anglian-thames-water-united-utilities
27/1/23: Daily Express (Dennis Reed Opinion Column): Bank Closures: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1726871/banking-uk-branch-closure
27/1/23: Daily Mail: Virtual Reality Training for Nurses: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11681683/Student-nurses-quarter-practical-training-using-virtual-reality-new-shake-up.html
26/1/23: Daily Express (Front Page): Dying of Cold: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1726372/cost-of-living-crisis-bills-energy-vulnerable-pensioners-ambulance-workers-silver-voices
25/1/23: Daily Express (online): Warning to Sunak on State Pension Age Rises: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1725934/state-pension-age-changes-Rishi-Sunak-retirement-UK
25/1/23: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Threats to State Pension Age: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1725678/State-pension-age-change-pensioners-poverty-retirement-age-increase
24/1/23: Daily Mail: Continuing Difficulties with GP Appointments: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11654929/Why-Brits-struggling-face-face-GP-appointment.html
24/1/23: Daily Express: Save Freeview Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1725185/traditional-tv-radio-streaming-services-netflix-rishi-sunak-campaign
18/1/23: Daily Mail: Visitors Covering for Nurses: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11646423/Hospital-accused-risking-patients-health-asking-FAMILIES-help-wards.html
17/1/23: Daily Telegraph: Families Asked to Cover for Striking Nurses: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/17/nurses-strike-patients-families-hospitals/
16/1/23: Daily Mail: Labour proposals on self-referrals: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11638729/There-danger-people-turn-Dr-Google-Health-experts-slam-Labour-plan-NHS-reforms.html
14/1/23: Daily Mail: Bank Branch Closures: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-11627327/Bank-closures-Yorkshire-lose-branches-2023.html
1/1/23: Sunday Express: Million More Pensioners to Pay Tax (no link available)
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