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Up to 885,000 people deprived of accessible home opportunity due to government delay

Tuesday 29 July marks three years since the previous government committed to raising accessibility standards on all new homes in the country, yet have failed to do so. New analysis reveals how many more people could be living in accessible homes, had the government raised the standards as it had promised to.

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Centre for Ageing Better supports pensioner poverty recommendations

The Work and Pensions Committee report on Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations, highlights many of the challenges that older people are experiencing. The Centre for Ageing Better endorses the Committee’s recommendations for future action.

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Helping older workers access employment

A recent employability support initiative in Middlesbrough focused on the needs of jobseekers over the age of 50.

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Extreme summer heat could lead to more than 5,000 deaths

The Centre for Ageing Better is warning that high temperatures this summer could lead to more than 5,000 heat-related deaths.

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Five takeaways about the severity of our housing crisis

The new Homes chapter from Centre for Ageing Better’s State of Ageing 2025 report reveals the crisis of unsafe, inaccessible homes in England, which will only worsen as our population ages, leaving millions in dangerous homes that limit their independence.

We must act now to ensure everyone has a decent place to live as they grow older, writes Mia Warren-Smith, Communications Officer (Homes) for Centre for Ageing Better.

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Ageing Better reflections on the first year of Labour’s government

This week, the government moves into its second year in office following its election victory in July last year.

Our Action Area leads look back on how the government’s actions in their first year have impacted our ageing population and what we hope to see policy wise in the future.

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Jung, S. Buildings, 2025
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Cribb, J., et al., Oxford Journal of Economic Policy
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