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All pensioners have benefited from
All pensioners have benefited from improved universal benefits like
the state pension, the Winter Fuel Payment (now worth £300 per year
for the over-80s), help with council tax and free TV licences for the
over-75s.This year, all households expected to pay council tax that
include anyone over 65 will receive £200 towards the cost of council
tax, and the following year there will be free, off-peak local bus travel in
England for the over-60s.