Director of Policy and Research Dr Sam Royston said:
"Marie Curie warmly welcome the appointment of Sir Stephen Timms as Minister for Social Security and Disability in the Department for Work and Pensions.
"Time and again, we see through our services that for too many people in the UK, the last stage of their lives is spent worrying about how to make ends meet, forced to make impossible choices about whether to eat or heat their homes, struggling to pay bills and incurring debts that will be passed onto their loved ones when they are gone.
"We look forward to working with Sir Stephen to work towards ending the indignity of poverty at the end of life."