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2007

December
Care reforms give older people more control
Help for people whose pensions have collapsed
State Pension and Pension Credit payments over Christmas
Pensions Bill 2007
Have you got your Winter Fuel payment?

November
Winter warm up
HM Revenue & Customs security
Nutrition Action Plan for older people
Older people less aware of online risks
Citizens advisers needed
Royal Mail strike - normal service resumed

October
Royal Mail strike update - 19 October
European Court of Justice rules on disability benefits
Mandatory e-filing for pension schemes
Royal Mail strike - 15 October
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9,000 centenarians in 2006
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September
Royal Mail strike - 4-6 and 8-10 October
New opening hours for the Pension Tracing Service
70 year old to row 300 miles
The Department for Work and Pensions launch age discrimination guides
Retiring soon?
Brits missing out on forgotten pensions
Keep Warm Keep Well this winter
Silver Surfer Week 2007 - learn to surf the internet
Over 55s enjoy banking online

August
Over 50s get connected
Still frying at 100
Royal Mail industrial action suspended
Health concerns bring Brits home from Spain

July
Misdirected pension cheques
Pensions Act 2007 becomes law
Royal Mail strike - Your questions answered
409 years of experience
No mountain high enough
Parking for the elderly
Peter Hain MP appointed Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

June
Grey Power on the horizon for Sir Paul McCartney
Plans for new pensions scheme announced
Working beyond retirement age
70 year olds reunite for study on mental decline
Pensions Champions to take advice to workplace
The State Second Pension - were you wrongly advised to contract out?

May
Lift your way to younger muscles
Lifestyles of the over 50s
Spring into learning
Join in Silver Surfers' Day
Centenarian wins age wager

April
93 years of gardening
Have your say on equality for disabled people
'Geriatric' web superstar revealed
Opening doors for older lesbians, gay men and bisexuals
Senior citizen rock band release single
The art of pensions
Pensioners encouraged to claim their benefits
Over 50s take up the internet at the double

March
Pensioners’ Budget
Contact between generations reduces age discrimination
Jargon can delay pension planning
2006 Winter Fuel Payment deadline 30 March 2007
New scheme to improve gas safety
A good time to defer your pension
Britons plan for retirement first
Saving and the young

February
More Britons moving abroad
Record numbers choose to work past retirement age
Misdirected pension letters
Britain's silver surfers lead the way in Europe
The Big Spring Walk

January
Help with the licence fee
New error strategy launched
Thornton to lead institutional review
Age no barrier to improving health
Return of the savings habit
Anger leads to accelerated ageing
A good year to sort out your pension

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