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
28/9/26: Daily Express: Triple Lock: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/andy-burnham-issued-huge-triple-lock-warning-after-new-call-to-axe-policy/ar-AA2d3wxe
21/9/26: Daily Express: WASPI Campaign:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2250113/andy-burnhams-government-lying-its
18/9/26: The Sun: Freeview Campaign: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/40414606/save-freeview-tv-labour-world-cup-streaming/
17/9/26: LBC Nick Ferrari: Budget Challenges
16/9/26: Daily Mirror: Opinion Column: Triple Lock:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/state-pension-triple-lock-2027-37663182?int_source=nba
16/9/26: Daily Express: Triple Lock (subscription article): Andy Burnham must not touch the Triple Lock – but a change is needed | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
15/9/26: GB News: Martin Daubney Show: Taxing the State Pension
15/9/26: BBC Radio 5 Live: Triple Lock Debate: Nicky Campbell Show
13/9/26: Sunday Express: Freeview and TV Distribution System:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2247758/ed-milibands-gone-too-far
12/9/26: inews: Older Viewers and BBC: https://inews.co.uk/news/how-the-bbcs-bid-for-younger-viewers-puts-licence-fee-in-grave-danger-4758871
9/9/26: Daily Express: Triple Lock (subscription article):
Britons back ‘essential weapon’ against pensioner poverty | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
8/9/26: Daily Express: Triple Lock (subscription article): https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2246300/andy-burnham-warned-betrayal-key
7/9/26: The Sun: Freeview Campaign: https://share.google/
7/9/26: Daily Express: Use of Pension Funds (subscription article):
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2246000/pensions-warning-uk-british-businesses
6/9/26: Sunday Express (Front Page Story): Reform UK and Tax Allowances: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20260906/281479283291676
4/9/26: Daily Express: Freeview and Burnham: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260904/281500758123425
3/9/26: Daily Express (Front Page subscription article): Triple Lock Attacks: Andy Burnham sent huge warning after fresh demands to scrap the triple lock | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
1/9/26: Daily Mail: Freeview Campaign: Labour urged to delay Freeview switch off for a decade as ending free-to-air TV would leave up to five million households ‘vulnerable during national emergencies’ | Daily Mail Online
1/9/26: Daily Express (subscription article): Social Care Crisis: Andy Burnham urged ‘act now’ as 250,000 older people die | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
1/9/26: Daily Express Front Page Story and Lead Editorial (subscription article): Pensioners and Tax Thresholds: Pensioners warned as 1m face highest rates of income tax | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
30/8/26: Sunday Express: Fines for Benefit Claimants: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-express-1070/20260830/281956024644899
27/8/26: Daily Express (Front Page Quote): Energy Cap Rise:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2242716/pensioners-energy-bills-winter
26/8/26: LBC Interview with Ben Kentish: NI Exemption for Pensioners
20/8/26: BBC News: Use of AI in Social Care: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx7r9467kno
19/8/26: Radio Tyneside: Interview on Silver Voices: https://www.mixcloud.com/
19/8/26: Daily Telegraph: PSA Right to Testing Removed:
19/8/26: Daily Express: Taxing the State Pension:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2240218/labour-state-pension-income-tax
16/8/26: Sunday Express (Front Page Story): Triple Lock Still Needed (subscription article):
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2239471/politicians-warned-not-touch-triple-lock
12/8/26: Daily Mirror: Heatwaves and Older People:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/heatwaves-care-homes-air-conditioning-37540314
11/8/26: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Tax and Cost of Living:
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260811/281487873169555
10/8/26: Daily Express and Channel 5: Save Cash Campaign and Alicia Petition:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2237751/andy-burnham-end-scandal-shops
10/8/26: LBC Nick Ferrari Interview: Cost of Living
8/8/26: Daily Express: Pensioners and Energy Debt (subscription only): https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2236807/pensioners-energy-debt-bills
7/8/26: Daily Mail: Freeview and Rural Communities: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16035797/Switching-Freeview-millions-rural-households-unable-watch-TV.html
5/8/26: Daily Express: Article and Opinion Column: PM and Social Care: https://www.express.co.uk/
5/8/26: Daily Express and MSN: Restore Britain and Triple Lock: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/rupert-lowe-warned-plans-to-end-triple-lock-will-fatally-wound-restore-britain/ar-AA29nOzN
4/8/26: inews: State Pension International Comparisons:
1/8/26: The Sun: Freeview Campaign:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39933540/labour-freeview-switch-off-homes-lose-live-tv/
30/7/26: Daily Express: Burnham Social Care Speech (no link available)
29/7/26: Daily Express: Retirement Flats Opinion Column (no link available)
29/7/26: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Social Care Don’t Bottle It Andy: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2233861/andy-burnham-unveil-major-new
26/7/26: Sunday Express (Front Page Story): Social Care: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2232918/andy-burnham-warned-grieving-families
25/7/26: The Times, GB News, MSN: Taxing the State Pension: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/politics/government/state-pension-tax-experts-warn-john-healey-s-plan-creates-unfair-two-tier-pension-system/ar-AA28EPbb?ocid=BingNewsSerp
23/7/26: Portsmouth Express Radio: Interview on Silver Voices and Freeview
23/7/26: Daily Telegraph: Centrica Job Cuts: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/07/23/british-gas-owner-cuts-1300-call-centre-jobs-in-ai-drive/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
23/7/26: Daily Express: Cold Feet on State Pension Taxation? https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260723/281612427179846
16/7/26: Daily Express: Taxing the State Pension:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2229489/income-tax-older-people-hmrc
16/7/26: Daily Express: Triple Lock Spread and Opinion Column:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2229265/andy-burnham-warned-not-bow
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2229837/andy-burnham-given-major-warning
15-16/7/26: GB News Interview and the Sun: Increasing the State Pension Age to 68 (no links available)
14/7/26: Daily Express: Social Care Chaos:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2228483/health-pensioners-andy-burnham
12/7/26: LBC Interview Ben Kentish: State Pension
9/7/26: The Sun: BBC Chief and Freeview:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/39694438/bbc-boss-cancels-tv-moves-online-2034/
8/7/26: Daily Telegraph: Chatbots and Human Contact: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/customer-service-chatbots-block-consumers-speaking-humans/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
4/7/26: Sunday Telegraph: NHS Use of AI: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/04/ai-will-tell-nhs-patients-if-they-need-a-gp-appointment/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
3/7/26: The Sun: Freeview Campaign: Don’t leave Brits in lurch by switching off Freeview, Labour MPs urge ministers as ‘out of touch’ plan blasted in poll
30/6/26: Daily Express: Burnham and Triple Lock:
28/6/26: inews: Freeview and Volunteer Army: https://inews.co.uk/news/online-only-tv-digital-lessons-pensioners-4499622
27/6/26: inews: State Pensions and Automatic Tax Deductions:
26/6/26: Daily Telegraph: Winter Fuel and the Downfall of Starmer:
26/6/26: Daily Express: Daily Express: Andy Haldane and Triple Lock:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2222209/triple-lock-andy-burnham
26/6/26: Daily Telegraph: Pensioner Blocked on Stairs
26/6/26: Daily Express: Burnham’s Chief of Staff and Pensioner Benefits:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2221738/winter-fuel-payments-andy-burnham
26/6/26: Daily Express Long Wave Closedown and Electricity Meters: Warning as BBC shutdown could disrupt energy bills for pensioners | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
25/6/26: Daily Express Front Page Story: Triple Lock https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2221364/andy-burnham-triple-lock
24/6/26: The Sun: Hospital Food Profiteering: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/39523851/ms-greggs-charge-nhs-staff-patients-premium/
23/6/26: Freeview Green Paper, Government to Scrap Terrestrial TV: Express, Sun, inews:
The fight against online-only TV is being lost. How it could happen in eight years
19/6/26: Inews Letters: Freeview advocacy by Dennis Reed (no link available)
17/6/26: Daily Telegraph: Retirement Homes:
17/6/26: Daily Express: Petition Hand-In (no link available)
16/6/26: Daily Mail: Landlines Petition Hand-In:
16/6/26: The Sun: Costa Coffee Prices in Hospitals: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/39429235/costa-coffee-hikes-hot-drink-prices-nhs/
15/6/26: inews: Triple Lock: https://inews.co.uk/news/triple-lock-pensioners-object-4474980
15/6/26: Daily Mirror: Freeview Open Letter to Andy Burnham:
More than 150,000 voters demand free-to-air TV be protected amid internet costs warning – The Mirror
15/6/26: Daily Express: Front Page Story and Opinion Column: Taxing the State Pension:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2217226/rachel-reeves-accused-targeting-pensioners
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260615/281595247228777
15/6/26: Daily Express: Landlines Petition:
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20240119/281745569247571
14/6/26: Sunday Express: Bank Branch Closures: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2216597/mapped-uk-towns-lost-banks-2022
14/6/26: Sunday Express: Triple Lock:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2216885/state-pension-triple-lock-pensioners
11/6/26: Daily Telegraph Front Page: Laptops to Replace A&E Receptionists: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/10/nhs-replaces-ae-receptionists-with-ipads/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
11/6/26: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Resolution Foundation: New threat to state pension triple lock – scrap it ‘as soon as possible’ | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
10/6/26: Daily Mail: GPs and Defensive Medicine: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15885407/Growing-threat-complaints-led-four-five-GPs-practice-defensive-medicine-risks-diagnosis-medicalisation.html
8/6/26: Daily Express: Social Care Campaign Casey Timetable:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2214392/labour-pressure-speed-reforms-social
7/6/26: The Sun: Freeview Campaign:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/39332396/freeview-tv-axed-forcing-millions-to-buy-broadband/
7/6/26: GB News: Freeview Campaign: https://www.gbnews.com/tech/end-freeview-force-broadband-silver-voices
7/6/26: Sunday Mail: Freeview Campaign:
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15879875/Millions-Freeview-TV-lobbying-body-BBC-ITV.html
2/6/26: GB News: Freeview Campaign: https://www.gbnews.com/tech/freely-2034-adoption-3-reasons-research
30/5/26: The Sun: Taxing the State Pension: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/39259435/pensioners-two-tier-state-pension-tax-bills/
28/5/26: Daily Express: Closure of BBC Long Wave (no link available)
24-25/5/26: Scottish Mail on Sunday, Daily Mail, MSN: Royal Mail Delivery Performances: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15843603/towns-class-letters-delivered-late.html
24/5/26: Sunday Express: Taxing the State Pension: Labour feels the wrath of pensioners as tax raid squeezes elderly’s in | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
20/5/26: Daily Express Front Page Story: Energy Prices: https://www.express.co.uk/
20/5/26: Daily Express: Freeview Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/
19/5/26: Daily Express Front Page Story: Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2206950/labour-pressure-key-measure-bombshell
19/5/26: Daily Express: Banks and Access to Cash: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2206967/labour-stop-sitting-their-hands-halifax
8/5/26: Daily Express: Heating Oil Postcode Lottery: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2203099/families-facing-postcode-lottery-support
7/5/26: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Kemi Badenoch and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2202574/kemi-badenoch-issues-massive-triple
7/5/26: Channel 5 Jeremy Vine Show: Debate on Free TV licences
5/5/26: Daily Telegraph: GP Online Bookings: GPs ‘force the elderly to book online in breach of NHS rules’
3/5/26: Sunday Express: Older Voters Distorting Politics: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2200946/slanderous-fury-labour-group-pensioners-triple-lock Story also quoted on Sky News
2/5/26: The Guardian: Save Our Landlines: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/02/landline-phone-users-voice-fears-over-digital-switchover
1/5/26: inews: Tony Blair Institute Pension Plans: The new plan for your state pension – and what our experts say about it
1/5/26: Daily Express: Tony Blair and Triple Lock:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2200417/tony-blair-blasted-betraying-pensioners
30/4/26: The Times, GB News, MSN: More Older People Paying Tax: One million more Britons hit by pensioner tax raid despite triple lock – are you one of them?
28/4/26: Daily Express: Social Care Petition:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2198549/ministers-forced-respond-social-care
28/4/26: Three Counties Radio Interview: Social Care Funding
23/4/26: Daily Express: Public Support Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2197227/warning-politicians-annihilation-triple-lock
22/4/26: BHBN Radio Interview: Taxing the State Pension
22/4/26: Daily Mail: New Hospitals Single Rooms: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15751613/Elderly-patients-risk-feeling-abandoned-lonely-Labours-plans-new-NHS-hospitals-single-occupier-rooms-only.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
19/4/26: LBC: Debate on Triple Lock
19/4/26: Daily Telegraph: AI GP Receptionists: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/19/ai-receptionists-stop-patients-making-gp-appointments/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
17/4/26: Daily Telegraph: Retirees Forced Back to Work: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/retirement/why-retirees-forced-go-back-work/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
13-14/4/26: Save Freeview Petition Hand-In: Daily Express and other new agencies (MSN):
https://www.express.co.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2193600/bbc-keir-starmer-given-ultimatum
10/4/26: Daily Express: Green Party and Triple Lock:
Zack Polanski issued warning over state pension triple lock | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
2-3/4/26: Reform UK and Triple Lock: Daily Express and Interviews on GB News and LBC News, plus other news platforms eg MSN: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260403/281599542049454
30/3/26: Daily Express: Silver Voices Social Care Campaign and Petition, including Opinion Column: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2187998/labour-slammed-delaying-social-care
25/3/26: Daily Express: Chancellor Statement on Energy Support: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260325/281646786671032
17/3/26: Daily Express: Fuel Prices Support: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2182936/trump-hits-backed-starmer-iran
14/3/26: inews: Freeview and Rural Communities: https://inews.co.uk/news/
11/3/26: Daily Express (Front Page Story behind paywall): Retirement Tax Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2180644/rachel-reeves-pressure-cruel-pensions
6/3/26: Daily Telegraph: Waiting Lists Targets Unachievable: Labour on track to hit NHS waiting list pledge … in 20 years
6/3/26: The Sun: Card Only Retailers: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/38421675/hard-up-households-snubbed-high-street-shops-axe-cash/
6/3/26: BBC Radio Wales: Interview on Access to Cash and Digital Exclusion
6/3/26: Daily Express: Baroness Casey Speech: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20260306/281629606764039
4/3/26: Chancellor’s Spring Statement: Daily Express Front Page Story and Opinion Column and Daily Mail
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2177787/rachel-reeves-spring-statement-pensioners
3/3/26: Daily Telegraph: Private Chemotherapy: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/03/cancer-patients-ditch-nhs-for-private-chemotherapy/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
28/2/26: Daily Mail: Scarcity of GPs: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15599355/BMA-launches-hysterical-campaign-likening-GPs-Pandas-face-extinction.html
24/2/26: inews: Licence Fee Threat if Freeview Scrapped: https://inews.co.uk/news/media/pensioners-threaten-to-stop-paying-bbc-licence-fee-if-tv-goes-online-only-4248752
23/2/26: Daily Express: Sham Consultation on BBC (no link available)
22/2/26: Daily Mail: GPs New Software Experiment: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-15580189/NHS-bosses-blow-millions-new-used-FOUR-surgeries.html
19/2/26: Daily Express: Sack Social Care Commission: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2172706/fury-keir-starmers-pledged-solve
19/2/26: The Sun: British Gas Door-Knocking: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/38273346/british-gas-door-to-door-sales-tactics-bullying-experts/
18/2/26: Daily Mail: Winter Deaths: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15570033/cold-associated-deaths-elderly-care-homes-winter-fuel.html
12/2/26: inews: Analogue Radio Switch Off: PressReader.com | FM RADIO COULD BE SWITCHED OFF
11/2/26: Daily Telegraph: Pension Credit Fraud: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/banking/current-accounts/bank-account-snooping-powers-dwp-pensioners/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
11/2/26: The Sun: Mobile and Broadband Contracts: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/38192997/rachel-reeves-bans-mobile-giants-unfair-price-hikes/
10/2/26: BBC Radio Essex: Interview: Older Drivers and DVLA Delays
8/2/26: Sunday Times: National Insurance Exemptions (subscription only access)
7/2/26 : Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): NHS GPs Working from Foreign Beaches: NHS hires foreign GPs to work from the beach
6/2/26: inews: TV Licence Fee Increase: https://inews.co.uk/news/bbc-licence-fee-rise-180-weeks-4218961
3/2/26: GB News and MSN: Save Freeview Campaign: Labour urged to save Freeview as 100,000 oppose BBC switch-off plan: ‘Threat to universal television!’
GB News Interview on Martin Daubney Show on Freeview Petition
Silver Voices Save Freeview Petition also covered in Daily Mirror: Freeview ‘switched off’ fears grow as petition hits 100,000 after Sky internet TV report – The Mirror
2/2/26: Daily Express: Age Discrimination and Older Drivers: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2165259/keir-starmers-cruel-attack-pensioners
2/2/26: inews: BBC Funding and IPTV: BBC ‘faces catastrophic funding collapse’ if TV goes online only (also MSN)
30/1/26: Daily Express: WASPI Decision: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2164137/waspi-update-labour-betrayal
29/1/26: Daily Express: Santander Branch Closures: Labour slammed for ‘sitting on its hands’ as UK loses 44 more Santander bank branches | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
29/1/26: The Guardian: Freeview Campaign: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/29/as-most-tv-viewers-tune-in-via-broadband-will-2034-signal-the-death-of-freeview
28/1/26: Daily Express: Lasting Legacy of Winter Fuel Disgrace: Rachel Reeves ‘hurt millions of pensioners’ – ‘they’ll never forgive this betrayal’ | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
24/1/26: GB News: Live Debate on Intergenerational Tensions
24/1/26: Daily Express: Reform Split on Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2161809/reform-triple-lock-split-farage-jenrick
16/1/26: inews: Taxing the State Pension: https://inews.co.uk/news/dwp-40-years-struggle-pay-tax-state-pension-4172042
15/1/26: Daily Express: Eyesight Tests: Who Will Pay? https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2157873/fury-drivers-70-could-be
14/1/26: The Times: Older Workers (subscription only link):
14/1/26: Daily Express (Front Page Story) : Pensioner Poverty: Warning 2 million pensioners at risk of being in poverty in Britain | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
14/1/26: BBC TV London News: Interview on Freedom Pass
14/1/26: Daily Express: Freeview TV Threat: Pensioners risk major TV changes if ministers rush to scrap Freeview | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
9/1/26: inews: Eye Tests for Older Drivers: https://inews.co.uk/news/94-drive-better-teenagers-test-prove-4151165
7/1/26: Daily Express: Eye Tests for Older Drivers: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2154206/pensioners-off-uk-roads-eye-test
4/1/26: Mail on Sunday: Council Parking Fines: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15431831/Motorists-782-million-council-parking-fines-charges-increase.html
3/1/26: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Opinion Column): Social Care Crisis:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2153242/we-must-end-crisis-social
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2152880/keir-starmer-ordered-get-grip
2/1/26: Daily Express: Cobalt Poisoning Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news
2/1/26: LBC Interview: Worker/Pensioner Income Arguments
1/1/26: Daily Express: WASPI Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2152138/waspi-compensation-letters
31/12/25: Daily Express: Digital ID: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2151719/labour-pensioners-digital-id
31/12/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock and Winter Heating: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2151315/triple-lock-pensioners-cold-homes
29/12/25: Daily Mail: GP Waits increasing: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15417691/Labours-GP-wait-shame-300-000-people-waited-month-appointments-autumn.html
26/12/25: LBC Boxing Day Interview with Tom Swarbrick on Pensions
21/12/25: Sunday Times: Christmas Bonus (no link)
19/12/25: LBC Interview: Ageing Society
17/12/25: Daily Express: Free Licences for Over 75s: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2147029/bbc-royal-charter-free-tv-licence-pensioner
15/12/25: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Flu Vaccines and Care Homes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/14/thousands-care-home-residents-not-vaccinated-superflu-jab/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
14/12/25: GB News: Debate on Intergenerational Divide
11/12/25: Daily Mail: Resident Doctors’ Strike: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15372067/Warning-people-die-militant-doctors-set-walkout-FIVE-days-amid-surge-mutant-flu-seen-surgeries-cancelled-hospitals-ban-visitors-schools-closed.html
11/12/25: Daily Express: Reform UK and the Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2144749/reform-uk-state-pension-triple-lock
7/12/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock Attack: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20251208/281509347505610
1/12/25: Daily Express: Taxi Fares and Older People: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2140724/rachel-reeves-budget-tax-taxi
1/12/25: Daily Telegraph: Virgin Media Landlines Fine:
1/12/25: Daily Express: Age Related Personal Allowances: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2140413/rachel-reeves-must-do-one
29/11/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Winter Fuel Payment Frozen Threshold: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2139999/rachel-reevess-cruel-budget-means
28/11/25 Daily Express: Triple Lock and Farage: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2139556/state-pension-triple-lock
26/11/25: Budget Day Coverage: Daily Express and LBC and GB News Interviews:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2138475/budget-2025-live-rachel-reeves
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2138581/rachel-reeves-given-pensions-ultimatum
25/11/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story) : Winter Heating Worries:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2138057/pensioners-winter-heating-budget
24/11/25: Yahoo News: Budget and Pensioners: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/why-half-a-million-state-pensioners-may-start-paying-income-tax-after-the-budget/ar-AA1R3CvR?ocid=BingNewsSerp
24/11/25: Daily Express (Front Page/ Opinion Column/ Leader Comment): Frozen Tax Threshold
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2137570/rachel-reeves-has-declared-war
24/11/25: BBC Radio 5 Nicky Campbell Show: Triple Lock
21/11/25: Daily Express: Landlines Switchover: Group says older Brits in ‘danger’ as landlines being switched off | UK | News | Express.co.uk
21/11/25: LBC Interview: Means Testing the State Pension
21/11/25: inews: BBC Licence Enforcement: BBC missing out on £1.1bn in licence fees – because people won’t answer their doors
21/11/25: The Times (subscription only): National Insurance and Older People: Millions of pensioners face ‘retirement tax’ admin headache
21/11/25: GB News Interview on Times article above
20/11/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Triple Lock and Pensioner Hardship:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2136148/millions-more-britons-face-hardship-pension
20/11/25: inews: Taxing the State Pension: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/struggling-retirees-fear-state-pension-taxed-4053240
20/11/25: The Times (subscription only): Retirement Tax: https://www.thetimes.com/money/pensions/article/millions-of-pensioners-face-having-to-file-retirement-tax-returns-online-62qr38gkz
18/11/25: Radio London: Interview on Freedom Pass (also covered on BBC TV London News)
17/11/25: Daily Express: Tax Thresholds: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2134637/Reeves-tax-thresholds-warning-pensioners
14/11/25: Daily Mirror: Resident Doctors’ Strike: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/doctors-strike-nhs-tells-public-36241759
12/11/25: Daily Telegraph: Travel and Digital Exclusion: https://www.telegraph.
12/11/25: BBC Radio 4: You and Yours: Apps and Digital Exclusion
11/11/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Opinion Column: Anti-pensioner Tax Measures:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2132137/labour-will-pay-price-rachel
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20251111/281569476992485
10/11/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Tim Davie Resignation: Tim Davie resignation is the BBC’s ‘last chance’ or millions will stop fee | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
8/11/25: The Sun: Budget and Pensioners (no link available)
8/11/25: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): NHS and Net Zero: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/07/inside-nhs-insane-net-zero-push-labour-miliband/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
5/11/25: Daily Express: Chancellor’s Speech: Pensioners ‘targets’ as Reeves speech hints tax hikes | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
4/11/25: Daily Express: Tax and Older People- Warning to Chancellor including Opinion Column:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2129586/pensioners-scapegoats-budget-reeves
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2129293/rachel-reeves-pensioner-warning-Budget-speech
28/10/25: The Times: Cost of Winter Fuel Policy (no link available)
28/10/25: Daily Express: State Pension Age Rises: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20251028/281608131669988
27/10/25: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Rise in Operations Abroad: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/26/record-numbers-give-up-nhs-healthcare-abroad/
26/10/25: Sunday Mirror: Freeview TV: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/poll-warns-scrapping-major-lifeline-36132446
25/10/25: Daily Telegraph: NHS Digital First: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/24/emergency-go-online-before-going-to-ae-nhs-urges-patients/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
24/10/25: GB News: ID Cards and Disabled Pensioners: Keir Starmer ‘risks shutting out disabled people’ as campaigners rally against Digital ID
23/10/25: Daily Express: Taxing the State Pension (no link available)
22/10/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story and Dennis Reed Opinion Column): Further Attacks on Triple Lock
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2124303/triple-lock-attack-think-tanks
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2124245/kemi-badenoch-defends-triple-lock
19/10/25: inews: DWP State Pension Overpayments: https://inews.co.uk/news/dwp-overpayment-errors-leave-pensioner-over-100m-debt-3987576
16/10/25: Daily Express: Inadequacy of the State Pension: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2121855/britons-state-pension
15/10/25:GB News: National ID Cards: Digital ID: Pensioners ‘risk becoming second-class citizens’ under Keir Starmer’s scheme plus GB News Live interview
15/10/25: Daily Express Front Page Story: Lower Tax Threshold: Rachel Reeves has been hit by a triple humiliation | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
14/10/25: Daily Express: BBC Strictly and IPTV: BBC blasted for treating older viewers with ‘arrogant disdain’ in Strictly row | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
9/10/25: Daily Express: GPs and Safety Concerns: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2118852/GP-NHS-health-labour
6/10/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock Fringe Meeting: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2117574/state-pension-triple-lock-dennis-reed
4/10/25: Daily Mail: GP Appointments: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15151905/England-quiet-busy-GP-practices-appointments.html
30/9/25: Daily Express: Old Age Tax Trap: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2114801/rachel-reeves-old-age-tax
29/9/25: Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): GPs and Online Appointments: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/29/gps-strike-if-too-easy-to-get-appointment-nhs-bma/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
Plus GB News Interview on above subject
26/9/25: inews: Digital ID: https://inews.co.uk/news/three-problems-starmers-new-digital-id-create-3939887
25/9/25: Daily Telegraph: Ryan Air and Digital Boarding Cards: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/09/24/ryanair-accused-of-disgraceful-attitude-to-older-passengers/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
24/9/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Winter Fuel Payments will not be Inflation-Proofed: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2112396/pensioners-face-fresh-winter-fuel
23/9/25: The Sun: Cost of Living and Pensioners: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/36800803/retirees-worse-off-pension-boost-avoid-hit/
21/9/25: Sunday Express (Front Page Story): Welfare Benefits and Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111129/kemi-badenoch-triple-lock-pension
17/9/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Old Age Tax Trap: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2109348/pensions-income-tax-2027
17/9/25: inews: Bank Spying Powers and Pension Credit: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/fears-draconian-new-rules-pension-credit-3919366
9/9/25: Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Sun, Daily Star (and more): BBC Axes Telephone Polling:
6/9/25: MSN/GB News: Mental Health of Older People: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/inside-the-heartbreaking-crisis-engulfing-britain-s-elderly-as-labour-turns-back-on-pensioners/ar-AA1LYMgY
4/9/25: Daily Express: Compulsory Eye Tests for Older Drivers: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2104524/labour-mandatory-eye-tests-older-drivers
28/8/25: Daily Express Front Page Story: Energy Prices: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2101042/labour-unleash-new-war-pensioners
27/8/25: Daily Express: Torsten Bell and the Budget: 7 crazy policies backed by the Labour minister writing Rachel Reeves’s budget | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
25/8/25: Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and Daily Mail: Use of AI for Care Assessments: Outrage as cash-strapped council uses ‘pensioners as lab rats’ with AI led care decision | UK | News | Express.co.uk
25/8/25: Daily Express: Post Offices Opinion Piece: Labour warned against Post Office cuts due to fears over impact on pensioners | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
24/8/25: Sunday Telegraph and the Independent: Winter Fuel Payments and Disabled People: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/energy/labours-winter-fuel-raid-hit-600000-disabled-pensioners/?msock id=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
21/8/25: Daily Mirror: Social Care Reform Questions: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/wes-streeting-urged-clarify-plans-35764941
21/8/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Energy Prices: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/2098006/households-pay-300-more-energy-price-cap
19/8/25: LBC Interview: State Pension Age Rise and Daily Express:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2097211/Labour-retirement-70-review
18/8/25: Daily Mail: Ambulance Waits: Now thousands give up trying to get an ambulance to A&E and ‘are finding their own way to hospital’ | Daily Mail Online also covered by the Guardian 19/8/25
17/8/25: Daily Mail: Hospital Maintenance Backlog: Most run-down NHS hospitals named and shamed – as staggering £14billion is needed to fix crumbling wards that pose a ‘catastrophic’ risk to patients | Daily Mail Online
16/8/25: Daily Mirror: Free to Air TV Ministerial Commitment: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/brits-must-access-free-air-35728929
16/8/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Save Post Offices: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2095998/post-offices-daily-express-campaign
15/8/25: BBC News: Oyster Card Free Travel: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79l77p3xj9o
14/8/25: Daily Express: DWP Bereaved Scam: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2094505/dwp-death-grieving
14/8/25: inews: Winter Fuel Payment Scam : https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-new-winter-fuel-payment-scam-text-targeting-pensioners-and-how-to-spot-it/ar-AA1Kvusi?ocid=BingNewsSerp
13/8/25: Daily Telegraph: Councils and AI Bots: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news/councils-using-ai-bots-to-answer-phone-calls-tax/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
12/8/25: Daily Mirror (Front Page Story) and Daily Express: Over 70s Compulsory Eye Tests for Driving:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-driving-laws-licences-overhaul-35712483
11/8/25: Interviews BBC News, Radio 2 and Yahoo News: Over 70s Compulsory Eye Tests
10/8/25: Daily Mail: BUPA Profits From Dentistry: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-14985627/Fury-Bupa-dental-profit-doubles-19m.html
9/8/25: inews: Care Homes TV Licence Victory (subscription only article): https://inews.co.uk/news/pensioners-win-battle-bbc-shocking-167-licence-fee-increase-3843459
9/8/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock: ‘Keep your hands off our pensions’ warning as rise of £478 predicted | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
8/8/25: LBC Panel Discussion: Pensions and Benefits (live radio)
6/8/25 Daily Mail: Taxing the State Pension (subscription only article):
5/8/25: Daily Mail and Daily Express: Virtual GP Appointments:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2090864/NHS-GP-appointment-phone-online-digital
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14969599/rise-GP-consultations-carried-remotely.html
4/8/25: Daily Mail: Alan Milburn and Private Equity: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14966645/Labour-grandee-Alan-Milburn-urged-step-aside-advising-private-equity-sharks-swooped-NHS-dentists-millions-struggle-appointments.html
4/8/25: inews: BBC Licence Threatening Letters: https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/widower-sent-threatening-letters-over-tv-licence-fee-bbc-amnesty-3837864
3/8/25: Sunday Mail: Dentists and Equity Firms:
2/8/25: Daily Express: Traditional TV and Older Viewers (and supportive editorial) : https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2090178/plan-turn-off-traditional-tv
2/8/25: Daily Mirror: Access to GPs: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gp-doctors-surgeries-changing-carried-35660804
2/8/25: Daily Mail: Pensioners £800 Worse Off: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14963275/Pensioners-worse-Labour.html
29/7/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock Warning: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2087528/campaigners-fire-warning-shot-party
25/7/25: Daily Express: Junior Doctors’ Strike: ‘Threat to lives’ warning as NHS resident doctors begin strike | UK | News | Express.co.uk
25/7/25: Daily Telegraph: DWP Officials and Fraud: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/jobs/work-benefits/civil-servants-steal-17m-of-benefits-cash/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
22/7/25: inews: TV Licences BBC Costs: https://inews.co.uk/news/media/benefits-claims-cost-bbc-free-tv-licences-75s-3810791
21/7/25: GB News Interview: State Pension Age Threats
20/7/25: Sunday Mail: Health Advice Chat GPT and Professional Experts Compared: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14922569/Can-AI-beat-doctor-questions-renowned-specialists-chatbot.html (subscription only article)
19/7/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Tax Doom Loop: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2083852/kemi-badenoch-keir-starmer-tax-rises
17/7/25: inews: Pension Credit Fraud: https://inews.co.uk/news/how-500m-taxpayer-cash-lost-pensioners-fraud-mistakes-3808202
14/7/25: inews: Interview with Dennis Reed on State Pension (only available by subscription): https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/pension-campaigner-triple-lock-should-stay-340-week-3804315
14/7/25: Daily Express: Resident Doctors’ Strike: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2081249/dire-consequences-warning-doctors-strike
11/7/25: Daily Mail: Royal Mail Death Sentence: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20250711/281870124455636
10/7/25: Daily Express: Prime Minister’s Questions Tax Thresholds: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2079670/keir-starmer-tax-thresholds-pensioners
7/7/25: Daily Express Front Page Story and Leader Column: Old Age Tax Trap: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2078182/pensions-keir-starmer-labour
7/7/25; Daily Telegraph: Old Age Tax Trap: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/income/labour-refuses-rule-out-retirement-tax-state-pension/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
7/7/25: Daily Express: Streeting and the NHS App: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2078182/pensions-keir-starmer-labour
6/7/25: Sunday Mail and Daily Express: Old Age Tax Trap:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14878563/Poorest-OAPs-income-tax-state-pension-Labour.html
4/7/25: Daily Mail (Front Page Story): NHS Plan and NHS App:
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20250704/281741275421589
2/7/25: Radio Tyneside Older Voices Interview
2/7/25: Daily Express: Defending the Triple Lock: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2075993/triple-lock-still-vital-prevent
1/7/25: BBC Radio 2: Jeremy Vine Show: Intergenerational Debate (available on BBC Sounds)
1/7/25: Daily Mail: Public Views on NHS Progress: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14862789/Labour-failed-improvements-NHS-wont-change-election.html
30/6/25: Daily Express: NHS Failings: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2074858/NHS-wes-streeting-labour-health
29/6/25: Sunday Telegraph: Double Council Tax on Retirement Homes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/labour-council-tax-exemption-retirement-homes/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163 . Also covered by Daily Express 30/6/25
25/6/25: Radio Essex: Landlines Interview
25/6/25 Daily Telegraph (Front Page Story): Diverting NHS Funds to Deprived Areas: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/25/streeting-hand-working-class-areas-greater-share-nhs-funds/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
25/6/25: Daily Mail: NHS Strikes: Fury as doctors say they are ‘excited’ by the prospect of more strikes – after already receiving biggest pay rise in public sector and cancelling 1.5million appointments since 2022 | Daily Mail Online
22/6/25: inews: Benefit Fraud and Pension Credit: PIP cuts wrong way to tackle ‘alarming’ benefit fraud, Labour warned
22/6/25: Sunday Telegraph (Front Page Story): NHS Treatment Abroad: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/21/nhs-sends-patients-abroad-waiting-lists-record-high/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
21/6/25: The Times Big Question: Free Travel at 60 (subscription access only): https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/should-over-60s-still-get-free-travel-zbqs682mv?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
18/6/25: The Sun: Costa Coffee and Hospitals: Costa sneakily slaps another price hike onto hot drinks as customers slam ‘sickness tax’ | The Sun
17/6/25: GB News: Social Care Cross Party Talks Interview Andrew Pierce
13/6/25: Daily Express: Labour and Public Trust: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2067866/rachel-reeves-collapses-public-trust
12/6/25: Daily Express: Spending Review Social Care: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2067440/NHS-spending-review-waiting-times
10/6/25: Winter Fuel U-turn Announcement (numerous mentions including Daily Express Front Page Story and Opinion Column, Daily Mirror, MSN, Yahoo News, Radio 2 Interview Jeremy Vine, LBC Interview 9/6):
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2066762/dennis-reed-rachel-reeves-winter-fuel
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-major-winter-fuel-payment-35359976
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2066438/nine-million-pensioners-receive-winter
9/6/25: Daily Express Front Page Story and Opinion Column: Winter Fuel Clarity Required: Rachel Reeves told she must come clean on winter fuel payment | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
9/6/25: Daily Express and Daily Telegraph: Raid on Defined Benefit Pension Schemes: Major pensions update as 9m threatened with new savings raid | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
7/6/25: inews and Daily Mail: Scrapping NHS Letters:
https://inews.co.uk/news/nhs-app-rollout-what-it-means-for-your-healthcare-3735592
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14789221/Health-Secretary-digital-switch-NHS-postage.html
6/6/25: Daily Mail: Winter Fuel ‘Death Tax’: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14785727/Labours-winter-fuel-death-tax-Tens-thousands-grieving-families-hounded-pick-dead-elderly-relatives-HMRC-bill.html
5/6/25: The Independent, Daily Express and Daily Mail: Winter Fuel U-Turn:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2064470/nigel-farage-demands-government-reverse
4/6/25: Daily Express: Digital Landlines Safety Concerns: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2063774/landline-pensioners-ditial
4/6/25: BHBN Radio (Birmingham): Interview on Winter Fuel Payments
1/6/25: Sunday Telegraph: Older Drivers; https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20250601/281809994830993
30/5/25: inews: TV Licence Future: https://inews.co.uk/news/media/bbc-licence-fee-amnesty-over-75s-revealed-3720501
30/5/25: Daily Express: Pension Raids by Companies Authorised: Rachel Reeves told millions could suffer as ‘pension schemes could collapse’ | Personal Finance | Finance | Express.co.uk
Similar stories in the Times, Daily Telegraph, City AM, and Various Professional Journals
29/5/25: inews (Front Page Story): TV Licence Amnesty for Pensioners: Revealed: BBC ‘amnesty’ for over-75s who do not pay their TV licence fee
28/5/25: Radio Sussex Interview: State Retirement Age
27/5/25: Daily Express: Starmer Under Pressure on Winter Fuel: Keir Starmer under pressure to end winter fuel uncertainty | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
27/5/25: Daily Mail: Threatened NHS Strikes: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14751229/Resident-doctors-starting-gun-summer-discontent.html
26/5/25: Daily Telegraph: Double Council Tax Jeopardy on Retirement Flats: Labour accused of ‘shameful neglect’ of retirement home owners
25/5/25: Sunday Express: Freeview TV Campaign: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2059855/campaigners-demand-rethink-plan-switch
25/5/25: Sunday Express (Front Page Story): Restoration of WFP: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2059779/hell-pay-this-winter-pensioners
22/5/25: Daily Express (Front Page Story): Winter Fuel U-Turn: https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/2058482/winter-fuel-payment-keir-starmer
22/5/25: Daily Mirror Front Page Story: Winter Fuel U-Turn: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-confirms-winter-fuel-35266578
21-22/5/25: Media Interviews on Winter Fuel U-Turn: Radio 2, Channel 5 Jeremy Vine, BBC Look North, Talk TV
18/5/25: Daily Telegraph: Retirement Homes Service Charges: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/retirement/britain-retirement-home-scandal-labour-betrayal-pensioners/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
17/5/25: Daily Mail: NHS Staff Not Receiving Flu Jabs: Major infection warning as record number of NHS staff reject flu vaccine – uptake falls from nearly 80 to 37% in four years | Daily Mail Online
17/5/25: Daily Express: Scrapping Terrestrial TV: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2056078/fury-plan-turn-off-television
17/5/25: Daily Express Dennis Reed Opinion Column on BBC’s Tim Davie Speech: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2056536/bbc-keir-starmer-want-turn
15/5/25: GB News: BBC Internet Ambitions: https://www.gbnews.com/tech/bbc-streaming-stick-rival-fire-tv-roku
15/5/25: The Times: Tim Davie Speech on IPTV (subscription access only): https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/bbc-plans-streaming-stick-to-aid-online-switchover-wb77bj6l0?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
15/5/25 : Daily Express (Front Page Story): Winter Fuel Struggles: Labour faces fresh demands for winter fuel U-turn after devastating poll | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
11/5/25: Daily Telegraph: Banking Hubs: The bank ‘vanity project’ loved by Reeves but causing chaos for customers
7/5/25: Daily Mirror Front Page Story: Winter Fuel Pressure: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-faces-backlash-after-35180718
7/5/25: Daily Express Front Page Story: No Winter Fuel U-turn: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2051494/labour-turmoil-winter-fuel-allowance
2/5/25: Daily Express: Social Care Commission: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20250502/281878714245984
1/5/25: Daily Express: Social Care Commission Delays: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20250501/281732685355944
28/4/25: Daily Telegraph: Retirement Homes and Council Tax: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buying-selling/impossible-to-sell-retirement-flats-hit-double-council-tax/?msockid=1c940226719260232819116a70526163
26/4/25: Daily Express: Triple Lock Future: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2046537/State-pension-triple-lock-update-Rachel-Reeves
25/4/25: inews: TV licences in Sheltered Accommodation: https://inews.co.uk/news/media/102-year-old-neighbour-sent-threatening-tv-licence-fee-letters-3657008
23/4/25: inews: Pension Credit Numbers to Fall: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/pensions-and-retirement/150000-retirees-claim-pension-credit-lose-winter-fuel-payment-3655019
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):
https://www.express.co.uk/
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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
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