The UK has appointed a Minister for Loneliness to help the vulnerable in society who feel isolated.
It is estimated 200,000 older people in Britain had not had a conversation with a friend or relative in more than a month.
And more than half of all over 75-year-olds live alone.
Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports from London.
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