Some 4.15 million people of state pension age are being forced to claim key government benefits in a bid to make ends meet, latest government figures reveal.
The department for work and pensions quarterly statistical summary said that, at February 2008, there were 12.22 million people of state pension age claiming a key benefit – such as state pension, ...
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