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Age UK says around two millions ‘struggling pensioners’ will miss out

Everything you need to know about the changes to the winter fuel payment

Charities warn that means testing as part of Rachel Reeves’s estimated £1.5bn cuts may create ‘heat or eat’ dilemmas

Last year, 9,000 people were found at least a week after they’d died alone. Helen Coffey investigates how our increasingly fragmented society means more of us are slipping away unmourned and unnoticed

Strike comes as health authorities warn of threat of increased deaths during heatwave

Some 12,161 people aged 50 and over who never had a stroke were asked questions about loneliness.

Lonely people are more likely to get heart disease, strokes, anxiety, depression, dementia … Add it all up, and they’re 26% more likely to die early. How do you avoid joining the unhappy millions?

A problem shared is a problem halved. Research by Age UK shows that only 29% of adults share their worries, but of these 36% feel brighter as a result; 26% feel relief having confided in someone, and 8% feel that the problem recedes once shared.

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Known to his friends as the Legend, John Starbrook is living, breathing proof of the power of exercise and enthusiasm. I tried to keep up with him – and barely survived

As people get older, they revise the age they consider to be old upwards