Lobby of Parliament
The UK’s largest campaign organisation, run for and by older people, is urging members to invite their MPs to attend our planned Lobby of...
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NATIONAL PENSIONERS CONVENTION
The campaigning organisation for older people in the UK
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National Pensioners Convention
- 4 days ago
- 5 min
NPC Statement on Parliament’s Vote to Cut Universal Winter Fuel Payments
The NPC pledges to continue pressing the government for measures to help older people afford their energy bills - despite Parliament’s...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Early Day Motion 115
Neil Duncan-Jordan MP for Poole has tabled an Early Day Motion on the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024. We would...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 23
- 3 min
New rise in price cap on energy bills will be the final straw for older and vulnerable this winter
News that the average energy bill will rise by £149 from October is another massive blow for older people still reeling from cuts to the...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 2
- 5 min
NPC General Secretary plea to Chancellor to halt ‘ill-advised’ Winter Fuel Payments means-test plan
The General Secretary of the National Pensioners’ Convention has written personally to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to reconsider her shock...
904 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 1
- 3 min
NPC calls on all members to write to their MPs in protest at axing of universal Winter Fuel Payments
The National Pensioner’s Convention urges each of our members to write and ask their MPs to press the government to stop universal Winter...
655 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Chancellor urged to reverse devastating decision to axe winter fuel payments for millions
The National Pensioners’ Convention is calling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to reconsider her shock decision to end ‘universal’ winter...
1,140 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 5
- 2 min
Urgent call for new government to deliver new strategy for UK’s ageing population
The National Pensioners’ Convention is calling on our newly elected government to urgently prioritise a strategy for the UK’s rapidly...
452 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jun 26
- 5 min
Two Thirds Of Public Demand Automatic Return Of Credit
More than two thirds of bill payers – 68% - are calling on energy suppliers to automatically return any credit in their account after...
241 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Big Energy Credit Claim Back
More than 20,000 people have signed up for the Big Energy Credit Claim Back just two weeks after it was launched by UK campaign groups...
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National Pensioners Convention
- May 22
- 4 min
Bill payers could claim back £3 billion from energy companies in mass protest
UK householders are being urged to join a mass action to claim back billions of pounds in unused credit held by the nation’s energy...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Spring Budget is more bad news for both today’s and tomorrow’s retirees
The National Pensioner’s Convention warns that the Spring Budget spells yet more disastrous news for today’s and more worryingly...
563 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Mar 2
- 2 min
One Death Is One Too Many
NPC members will rally at 12noon in College Green, opposite Parliament in London on Budget Day next Wednesday, 6th March, along with Fuel...
283 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Winter Deaths 06.03.24
National Pensioners’ Convention members will join a major Cold Homes Kill protest across from Parliament as the Chancellor stands to...
484 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Feb 29
- 1 min
Housing Matters 2
The second edition of Housing Working Party's newsletter is out now. With great articles on: Mouldy homes Housing is the priority Letters...
376 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Feb 28
- 5 min
Budget Day rally will call on Chancellor to end rampant fuel poverty
The National Pensioners’ Convention says Ofgem’s lower price cap on energy bills from 1st April is ‘too little too late’ to help the...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Westminster rally will demand Chancellor acts to end Cold Home Winter Deaths
National Pensioners’ Convention members will join a major Cold Homes Kill protest across from Parliament as the Chancellor stands to...
237 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jan 17
- 3 min
4,950 excess winter deaths caused by cold homes last winter
Following publication of new official data, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition has estimated that 4,950 excess winter deaths in the UK were...
443 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jan 8
- 2 min
NPC calls for urgent end of force-fitting PPMs
The National Pensioners Convention is calling for an urgent end to the force-fitting of Prepayment Meters after news that energy firms...
262 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Nov 16, 2023
- 2 min
NPC calls for vulnerable to be protected as Ofgem announces review of energy Standing Charges
The NPC applauds Ofgem’s decision to review Standing Charges applied to people’s energy bills to cover the cost of connecting to a...
265 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Oct 23, 2023
- 3 min
Warning as Warrants issued to force-fit PrePayment Meters
The National Pensioners’ Convention has issued a warning after news that a court has granted the first warrants in months to allow the...
244 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 13, 2023
- 1 min
What must be done to help older renters?
An important new report by Independent Age says the current private rented sector in England is not fit for the growing number of older...
189 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 25, 2023
- 3 min
OFGEM Energy Price Cap Announced
Energy regulator OFGEM’s new price cap announced today* does not help the millions of older and vulnerable people still struggling to pay...
319 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 24, 2023
- 1 min
Housing Matters 1
The first edition of Housing Working Party's newsletter is out now. With great articles on: Leasehold reform, Retrofitting, Private...
302 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jun 15, 2023
- 1 min
Energy Bill Support Vouchers
The Energy Bills Support Scheme gave a £400 grant to households to help pay for energy bills last winter 2022/23. If you have a...
324 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Feb 22, 2023
- 1 min
NPC Statement on Pre-Payment Meter compensation
BACKGROUND - The NPC has issued a cautious welcome to the energy regulator’s statement that suppliers should start compensating customers...
191 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Feb 16, 2023
- 1 min
NPC Statement on Pre-Payment Meter suspensions
The National Pensioners’ Convention is issuing the following statement after energy regulator Ofgem announced that it is directing...
253 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jan 19, 2023
- 3 min
End Winter Deaths Scandal
Campaigners protested in freezing conditions outside Parliament today (19th Jan) against the huge numbers struggling and even dying from...
306 views
National Pensioners Convention
- Jan 18, 2023
- 4 min
Minute’s Silence outside Parliament for Tens of Thousands Dying from Cold
Campaign groups will join together tomorrow (19th Jan) to protest at the scandalous number of people dying from cold related illnesses....
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National Pensioners Convention
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Warm This Winter Christmas Card
The NPC is encouraging you to send a Christmas Card to your MP asking for what you would like this holiday season. It could be a Decent...
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