Claim: Pensioner poverty has fallen considerably since the 1970s and 80s.
Fact-check: Pensioners in poverty - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. on the relative measure, pensioner poverty has fallen from peaks of 40% in those decades to about 16% now. absolute poverty has also fallen long term.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2017-04-28T00:00:00