Five-fold increase in women aged 60 and over claiming universal credit and out of work benefits

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Exclusive: 'It is outrageous Universal Credit offered me a telephone interview to join the army,' 65-year-old woman says

The rise of women making claims for such benefits – which soared from 7,578 to 36,527 between 2013 and 2019 – was almost three times more than men who are aged 60 and over.

 

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Yet they have flat screen tellies, iPhones, spend their money on booze and fags, shouldn’t have had kids if they couldn’t afford them etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

As we don't have our pensions 50swomen BackTo60

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What happened to all the strong independent women?

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