PPI calls starters orders for pensions in election race

Paramount to its findings is how various policies will tackle means-tested pensioners, which it says will increase by 650,000 people from a current 2.7 million people in the next five years under the current system. The Conservative party's proposals over the same period would see an increase of 400,000. Its policies would seek to increase the Basic State Pension in line with earnings, taking people off means-testing only if the Pension Credit grows at a slower rate says the PPI. The Tories would still increase Pension Credit in line with earnings during its first term, while longer ter...