STATISTICS from the department for work and pensions show almost 12 million people are now claiming the state pension.
In November 2006 a total of 11.8m pensioners received payments, an increase of 145,000 people from the previous year. The DWP figures show 62pc of claimants were women, and 66pc of claimants were ...
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