Press Releases relating to Pensioners

23/08/2005 1,500 Welsh Pensioner families take up low-paid jobs says AM

14/02/2005 Unclaimed benefits could be costing pensioners £500 each

10/02/2005 WORST EVER FIGURES REVEAL PENSIONERS AND FAMILIES MISSING OUT ON BILLIONS

04/02/2005 Nearly 12,000 local pensioner households missing out on pension credit

03/02/2005 Labour plans on Incapacity Benefit ‘muddled and ill thought out’ says AM

18/01/2005 AM calls for Assembly assistance to combat loneliness and depression among older people

21/12/2004 Christmas card blunder leaves Post Office customers cashless

19/12/2004 Assembly Member warns bereaved to guard against identity theft

06/10/2004 Local AM hits out at pensions’ staff cut

14/07/2004 Assembly Member receives 1,000 signature petition objecting to local Post Office closure

28/06/2004 Labour MPs playing charades with Post Office closures

21/06/2004 RETIREMENT PLANS MUST NOT BE BACK DOOR TO PLUGGING PENSION HOLES

03/06/2004 Assembly Member vows to fight Labour’s Post Office closures

11/04/2004 Government must end uncertainty on rural Post Offices

05/02/2004 DTI backdown brings hope for post offices

12/01/2004 Pension credit failing to reach half those entitled

09/12/2003 SCRAPPING PENSION BOOK MEANS 150,000 FEWER CUSTOMERS FOR POST OFFICES IN WALES

03/10/2003 Pension Credit could see thousands miss out across Wales say Liberal Democrats

17/09/2003 Peter Black AM launches campaign to help local pensioners

12/05/2003 Local Assembly Member joins campaign to fight inaccurate billing by gas and electricity companies

26/04/2003 Future of local Post Offices comes under focus

31/03/2003 Hundreds of Post Offices under threat when changes take effect tomorrow

27/03/2003 Government intransigence is threatening the future of Post Offices says Assembly Member

24/01/2003 Winter Fuel Payment Deadline

19/11/2002 Labour abandon pensioners in new 75p rise scandal

17/10/2002 Local Post Offices being undermined says AM

15/10/2002 Post Offices - Government gives with one hand and takes with the other

01/10/2002 Assembly Member hands over final sheets of 11,000-signature petition

22/09/2002 Don’t let Labour off the hook on Post Office Closures says Welsh Liberal Democrat

18/09/2002 Consignia seeks to gag Sub-Postmasters over closures

16/09/2002 Cwmavon Post Office customers fight closures

08/09/2002 “Closure of Marlborough Road Post Office is thin end of wedge”

04/09/2002 Porthcawl Liberal Democrats launch Post Office campaign

09/08/2002 Candidates unite to fight Post Office Closures

23/07/2002 Assembly Member posts off the first 5,000 signatures in Post Office fight

21/07/2002 Campaign launched to save post offices

10/07/2002 Government 'must act to save post offices'

06/07/2002 Scrapping of second post is thin end of the wedge says AM

05/06/2002 Concern for local Post Office expressed to Liberal Democrats campaigning in Morriston

01/05/2002 Plaid Cymru pile on the pounds in double whammy for Welsh taxpayers

14/04/2002 Consignia must guarantee service standards

10/04/2002 Welsh Lib Dems Condemn Post Office Closures

25/03/2002 Welsh Liberal Democrats Condemn Consignia Job Losses

13/03/2002 Plaid’s Welsh Post Office will bring in £2 stamp

11/03/2002 Post Office privatisation plans opposed

04/03/2002 AM backs postal workers

06/02/2002 Assembly Government initiative to save Post Offices praised

22/01/2002 Government must act to protect Post Office network