the joseph rowntree foundation estimated in their report earlier this year that there are 2 million pensioners six of all pensioners. poverty rates are much higher. we estimate that will also be the same for pensioners. we know that four in ten older people have a disability and almost half of a long time health condition. before the escalation energy costs one in six were living in fuel poverty. although pension credit provides extra support for the poorest pensioners, and opens up help such as council tax discounts for those who are eligible for it, only five and a half thousand of the 9000 households are eligible. again. i welcome the automatic linking of pension credit to housing benefit to increase the uptake. this won't happen in time for the next few months. thank you so much. i can't. i've been under strict guidance from the deputy speaker. 0ne under strict guidance from the deputy speaker. one in three pensioners live in poverty are on private rented accommodation to what are we going to do about that? but even if everyone eligible for pension credit would claim it, according to age u

the joseph rowntree foundation, which is a kind of centre left , think tank, kind of centre left, think tank, for want of a better word. it commissions a lot of research now shows that most people in the uk believe that they are going to have to pay for healthcare, not a minority, but a majority. and that's the first time record numbers. >> i know we can have the inflation versus not in line with inflation argument record numbers going into the nhs in terms of funding. you know, staffing is up and yet still productivity remains low, which frankly, is a subject we could discuss for an entire show. let's move on to something worrying still in the vein of health. and that's superbugs, the sunday times story about a uk veteran's amputation, illustrating how antibiotics are losing the war. >> explain that. so what's happened is, is that basically antibiotics are proving in this particular case in ukraine that antibiotics are not thriving, let's put it like that. in the circumstances, in those grim battlefield hospital circumstances that we're seeing on the front line in ukraine. so that's ki

according to this report by the joseph rowntree foundation, which points to a critical shift in expectations says the public now budget for many routine services. so on average, people budget £200 a year for spending on private healthcare. and yet most people in the uk now believe they will have to spend their own money on private healthcare for routine services such as dentistry, which isn't really covered by the nhs physiotherapy and counselling because they won't be able to get them quickly on the nhs. according to this research, and a record almost a million people were admitted to private hospitals in 2023, which is, you know, a really staggering, really staggering amount. it's risen a lot in quite, quite a short period of time. so people are spending, you know, if you need to have a cataract removed, you've got to wait for months and months and months so people will spend, you know, three grand to have it removed or 15 grand on a, on a new hip because, you know, do you want to spend years waiting for the operation or will you just pay for it? but it means that as labour raise taxes, a

the joseph rowntree foundation estimated in their report earlier this year that there are 2 million pensionersike my oldham constituency, poverty rates are much higher. we have 1 in 2 children living in poverty and from the figures we estimate that that will also be the same for pensioners. we know that 4 in 10 older people in oldham east and saddleworth have a disability, and almost half have a long term health condition. we also know that even before the escalation of energy costs, over 1 in 6 households were living in fuel poverty . although pension fuel poverty. although pension credit provides extra financial support for the poorest pensioners, pensioners and opens up help such as housing benefit and council tax discounts for those who are eligible for it. only 5500 of the 8000 out of the 9000 households in oldham are eligible for claiming to claim it . again, i welcome the it. again, i welcome the automatic linking of pension credit to housing benefit to increase the uptake, but this again won't happen in time for the next in the next few months . the next in the next few months. and wha