The Latest Breaking News from Caroline Abrahams

State Pension payments are rising to up to £815 each month for some older people in April.

Unpaid carers have been left to fill a gap due to a shortfall of social care services at a time of growing demand, the Care and Support Alliance said.

The PM said her ‘first priority’ for the sector is properly funding it over the winter because there are ‘too many’ people staying in hospital.

Joyce Pinfield, who runs Greenacres in Crowle, Scunthorpe, says she does not know how she will afford increased electricity and gas costs

Analysis by the Care and Support Alliance suggests an ‘astonishing’ one in eight older people are going without the social care they need.

Charity groups across UK raise alarm over steep rise in living costs for senior citizens

The Foreign Secretary had faced calls to restore the triple lock - which raises pensions by 2.5%, earnings or September's inflation figure, whichever is highest - if she wins the race for Number 10

Age UK has written to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, urging them to commit publicly to emergency support for older people and those on low incomes.

Douglas Barton requested an assessment for his father to go into residential care in early July, but said he was not given a date.