Pensioners are the forgotten victims of Britain’s ongoing housing crisis and politicians need to act now to prevent more older people from being left behind. Earlier this week, I had the privilege of attending Independent Age’s “Two million, two many” conference where I was able to speak to Britons directly who are being hurt by issues resulting from pensioner poverty. The event’s name comes from the statistic that two million older people in the UK are believed to be in poverty at the moment, with another two million expected to be in the same situation by 2040 without serious intervention. B…
