‘My kids buy me food’: civil service pensioners offered emergency loans as nearly 90,000 face delays

Government to lend up to £10,000 to worst-affected new retirees as minister admits there is ‘unacceptable’ backlog

Newly retired civil servants say they are struggling to pay bills and buy food because delays at their pension scheme have left them without an income for months.

Pensioners have reported being forced to borrow money from family to pay for food and heating, with some saying they feared losing their homes because they could not afford their rent or mortgage.

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