243K views · 151 reactions | “You either eat or put your heating on... Freeze to death or starve to death.” 2.1 million UK pensioners are living in poverty – and there are fears the cost of living crisis is making life even more challenging for some. Dispatches - Channel 4 meets John, a 76-year-old living alone. | Dispatches - Channel 4 | Facebook

The government have condemned thousands of pensioners to poverty! After decades of work as a carer the thanks older people get in Ireland is their carers allowance being cut in half. This government is a disgrace and needs to go! On top of this slap in the face to pensioners child poverty is soaring through the roof and this government have failed to target the worst off when the ESRI clarified a path toward lifting 40,000 children living in extreme poverty above the poverty line! #carers #budge