‘Pensioner’ – the missing word in the chancellor’s speech

Philip Hammond didn’t mention them once in the budget, but there is good newsOlder people were notable in their absence from Philip Hammond’s budget speech – literally. Unusually, the word “pensioner” didn’t appear once. That’s in sharp contrast to 2015 when George Osborne uttered it five times. Last year, meanwhile, it managed one mention.However, the budget documents did contain what some might see as positive news for older people. They confirmed that