I've blogged preivously about how one of Labour's rule changes is set to deprive pensioners of millions in benefits. The Daily Telegraph has the story again today:Pensioners are going to miss out on hundreds of millions of pounds of benefits owed to them under a government move to cut the time they get to claim tax credits. In a move that could trigger another backbench revolt against Gordon Brown...

Pensioners were largely protected from the "bonfire of the benefits" unveiled on Wednesday.

Free benefits checks have saved pensioners £1 million.

The Government has withheld over £20bn from struggling pensioners in unclaimed pension credit and housing benefit since 1997, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. Research shows that: · Labour has saved over £20bn in benefits that have not been paid to the poorest pensioners in the UK · Last year 1.8m pensioners missed out on an average of over £1,500 each in pension credit · 350,000 mi...

700,000 pensioners are living in poverty because they are not getting the benefits they are entitled to, the Liberal Democrats have revealed. In a Parliamentary answer to the Liberal Democrats, the Government has disclosed that 700,000 pensioners would be lifted out of poverty if they claimed all of the money that they are entitled to. Hundreds of thousands of pensioners are put off claiming benef...

Middle class pensioners would be spared having to sell their homes to pay for care in their old age under a scheme of universal benefits proposed today.

Thousands of pensioners are being forced unnecessarily to sell their houses when they move into a care home it is claimed.

More than 150000 pensioners may have to sell their home to pay for longterm care it is claimed.

Chris Grayling has described figures showing that pensioners missed out on £5 billion of benefits last year as "a damning indictment" of Labour.

Universal benefits for pensioners, including free bus passes and TV licences, should be means-tested as better-off elderly people should make sacrifices, Nick Clegg has said.