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National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 15
- 6 min
Pension Awareness
It’s Pension Awareness Day and research from @MoneyPensionsUK shows over half of recent retirees wish they’d started planning their retir...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 9
- 1 min
Network Exchange 51
The latest edition of Network Exchange, the Women's Working Party's newsletter is out now. The pdf is downloadable below. To view other r...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 8
- 3 min
Tim Davie, BBC Director General
The NPC has written to Tim Davie, BBC Director General. It is available to download and read below. Dear Mr. Davie, Re Free TV licences f...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Sep 1
- 9 min
Retail Price Index
The NPC would like to share with you our recent submission for the consultation on the reform to the Retail Price Index methodology. With...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 27
- 1 min
Welcome to our new website!
The new website retains all the important information on our campaigns and policies in a bright, clear and easy to navigate format.
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 26
- 1 min
‘Do Not Resuscitate’ letters
Further to National Pensioners’ Convention calling for an urgent inquiry after a new report revealed some care home staff were told to pu...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Scam Alerts
The NPC are sharing just some of the latest scams with regards to TV Licensing, Test & Trace and COVID-19. Please be ever vigilant and see t
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 6
- 5 min
TV Licence Campaign - Letter Response
In June, Jan Shortt, NPC General Secretary, wrote to the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, and the Secretary of State for Digi...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 4
- 1 min
TV LICENSING LETTERS
From today the BBC are sending out a letter and application form with regards to the over 75's free TV licence. The NPC would like, as pa...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 3
- 1 min
NPC Office Hours
Monday 10:15 - 15:45
Wednesday 10:15 - 13:00
Friday 10:15 - 15:
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National Pensioners Convention
- Aug 2
- 1 min
TV LICENCE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE
Please see the below message from Jan Shortt, NPC General Secretary I want to thank everyone who has taken part in our TV licence campaig...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 29
- 2 min
NPC protesters across UK tear up their TV licences
The National Pensioners’ Convention staged ‘pensioner protests’ across the UK today (30th July) in an 11th hour bid to save the free TV l...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 28
- 3 min
TV LICENCE PROTESTS
NPC members take to streets for 11th hour socially-distanced demos over axing of free TV licences Britain’s biggest campaign group for ol...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Last ditch bid to save over 75's free TV licence
The National Pensioners’ Convention will protest outside Downing Street* and BBC offices on Thursday over the axing of free TV licences f...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 22
- 4 min
Boris Promised
The NPC is continuing to campaign against the cruel decision to end the free TV licence for all over 75's from the 1st August. This mail...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 12
- 4 min
A Call to Arms
The NPC is sending out a Call To Arms over the cruel decision to axe the over 75s TV licence from 1st August. Jan Shortt, NPC General Sec...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 9
- 6 min
Goodbye Cinderella
The NPC makes the case for a National Care Service, as Covid-19 exposes how UK fails our most vulnerable, with the launch of our book 'Go...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 9
- 3 min
Switched Off
Yesterday the BBC annouced that it is to go ahead with a plan to end free TV licences for most over-75s, after a two-month delay because ...
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National Pensioners Convention
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Letter Response
The NPC has received a response from Sir David Clementi, Chair of the board of the BBC. Read the response.
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