Sentence examples for some pensioners from inspiring English sources

In the last Autumn Statement it was proposed that, from October 2015, some pensioners and those due to reach state pension age before 6 April 2016 should have the right to pay extra national insurance contributions to boost their forthcoming single-tier state pensions from 2016.

"Also, by freezing those who are entitled to the increased age allowances at their 2012-13 level, some pensioners will become worse off in real terms as their pensions are indexed over the next few years".

Osborne will scatter tomorrow's statement with trinkets of good news for some: pensioners expect a reward.

Some pensioners and young people using discount Oyster cards may also be affected.

Some pensioners may own a valuable and much-loved house but not have the means to pay the levy.

In the end, some pensioners took cuts of a few percentage points, and the D.I.A. didn't sell anything at all.

Owen Bowcott Osborne moved to place a cap on the £157bn UK welfare budget by introducing controls on spending on housing benefit, disability allowances, tax credits and some pensioner benefits.

Writing in the foreword, Frances O'Grady, the TUC general secretary, says: "Big cuts to working-age social security benefits [over the past five years], combined with relative protection for some pensioner benefits, sparked divisive debate about intergenerational inequalities and whether the so-called baby boomer generation have been feather-bedded at the young's expense".

A new cap on total government welfare spending could limit the amount of money available for housing benefit, disability payments, tax credits and some pensioner benefits.

"The skilled veteran corps", they call themselves, and some restless pensioners would wish to see a similar unit established here.

His pledges to double the minimum wage and to improve the lot of some 11m pensioners may sound populist, yet they have resonance.