Age UK said its analysis suggested that 10.7 million UK pensioners will lose the benefit, of whom almost one in four (23%) live in poverty with a household income of less than 60% of the median or just above the poverty line.
The charity found that 80% - or 800,0000 of UK pensioners aged 80 and over living in poverty or just above the poverty line will no longer receive the payment, as well as 78% or 1.1 million pensioners with a disability living in the same circumstances.
The study also suggests that 76% of - equivalent to one million - of the UK pensioners who live alone and live in poverty or just above the poverty line will no longer receive their payment.
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