The Latest Breaking News from Silver Voices

‘There is real danger’: landline phone users voice fears over digital switchover

Rural dwellers reveal failings in backup plans, as campaigners call for deadline to be extended from 2027 to 2030

The Guardian - UK · May 2

As most TV viewers tune in via broadband, will 2034 signal the death of Freeview?

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Tory MP Robert Halfon quits as minister and James Heappey confirms resignation, paving way for mini reshuffle – as it happened

Robert Halfon quits as skills, apprenticeships and higher education minister as James Heappey confirms decision to step down

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

Older holidaymakers face 'prohibitive' travel insurance costs

Routine change in blood pressure medication led to demand for extra payment and accusation of price-gouging

Daily Mirror · May 11, 2023

New petition calls for guaranteed Freeview TV and radio channel access through aerials for millions of older people

Aerial signals are currently only guaranteed until the early 2040s.

Daily Record · Feb 23, 2023

Campaigners urge Government to fight for traditional TV and radio signals

The Broadcast 2040+ has written to the Culture Secretary warning that millions of viewers could lose access to terrestrial television from the mid-2030s onwards

Daily Mirror · Dec 4, 2022

Pensioners launch 'guaranteed' £200 a week petition amid cost of living crisis

A petition, which has been signed by almost 14,000 people, is calling for a guaranteed minimum £200-a-week payout. The demand comes amid rising bills due to the soaring cost of living.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 11, 2022

More than 13,000 sign petition calling for guaranteed £200-a-week UK pension

A group of pensioners is calling for the weekly rate to go up due to the cost of living crisis

Wales Online · Aug 10, 2022

Pensioners call for £200-a-week guaranteed income as cost of living crisis deepens

The Silver Voices group has launched a petition on the Government website calling for a hike in the weekly rate

Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022

Pensioners left 'bitterly disappointed' at Tory Nadine Dorries in TV licence row

Older people's group Silver Voices lashed out at the controversial Culture Secretary in the latest development in the over-75s' free licences dispute

Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2022