Pensioners living in poverty at highest level since 2012

The number of pensioners living in poverty has risen to the highest level in a decade, with millions falling into financial hardship. More than 2.1 million over-65s live in poverty in Britain, the largest number since 2012, of which more than half are in “severe poverty”, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions. Those over the age of 85 were at the highest risk of poverty. One in five people in this age group lived on less than 60pc of median income in 2020, which was £476