Claim: The average pensioner household is now better off than the average working household.
Fact-check: Are pensioners better off than people of working age? - Full Fact
Verdict: that's correct, once you account for housing costs, according to research done by the resolution foundation think tank. the institute for fiscal studies also found in 2015 that the median income among pensioners, after housing costs, was 5% ahead of the typical non-pensioner. it's not the case before housing costs.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-04-28T00:00:00