{"id":999,"date":"2017-10-06T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/?page_id=999"},"modified":"2026-05-18T14:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:44:49","slug":"latest-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/?page_id=999","title":{"rendered":"LATEST NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fragile-budgets-difficult-choices-the-cost-of-living-for-pensioners-in-2026-2.pdf\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2023-01-29-at-12.56.09-300x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/b><\/a><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fragile-budgets-difficult-choices-the-cost-of-living-for-pensioners-in-2026-2.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3204 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-14.05.44-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-14.05.44-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-14.05.44-677x1024.png 677w, https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-14.05.44-768x1162.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-14.05.44-1015x1536.png 1015w, https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-05-18-at-14.05.44.png 1326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/b>Pensioners in 2026. <b>Financial Hardship &#8211; Click Report image for full report.<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Over one in four pensioners in Great Britain are financially struggling, with this figure rising to over half among private renters.<\/li>\n<li><b>Energy Costs:<\/b> Energy remains the dominant source of financial pressure, with over a third of pensioners having cut back on heating or powering their home.<\/li>\n<li><b>Impact of Energy Costs:<\/b> Energy bills are the least affordable household cost, with many pensioners opting to forgo heating to avoid debt.<\/li>\n<li><b>Affected Groups:<\/b> Renters, women, younger pensioners, those with disabilities, and pensioners from ethnic minority backgrounds are disproportionately affected.<\/li>\n<li><b>Support Barriers:<\/b> Only 6% of pensioners sought financial help, with many unaware of eligibility or contact information.<\/li>\n<li><b>Age UK\u2019s Calls to Action:<\/b> Government action needed on income (tackle low benefit take-up, protect State Pension), energy (reform Warm Home Discount, improve Warm Homes Plan), and housing (align Local Housing Allowance with rental costs, enforce energy efficiency standards).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pensioners in 2026. Financial Hardship &#8211; Click Report image for full report. Over one in four pensioners in Great Britain are financially struggling, with this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":109,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3210,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/999\/revisions\/3210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepaproject.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}