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Campaigners warn more than 6.5 million people could still be stuck in dangerous homes by end of next parliament

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26 Jun 2024
5 min read

New Centre for Ageing Better analysis is warning the manifesto pledges by the country’s two largest political parties will have limited impact on the country’s poor quality housing crisis.

  • Homes
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How the nation’s housing crisis is contributing to poverty amongst older people

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21 Jun 2024
4 min read

Many older renters and owner occupiers are both finding that rising housing costs are pulling them into poverty.

  • Homes
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Reform needed to stop unpaid carers paying the price for their vital role

Blog
10 Jun 2024
7 min read

Unpaid carers’ reward for providing a secondary National Health Service is to be left substantially worse-off in employment and in retirement.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Closing employment gap for older workers would generate £9 billion a year for economy

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10 Jun 2024
5 min read

Older workers currently get poorer opportunities and outcomes when it comes to finding work, receiving employment support, facing redundancy or receiving training.

  • Work
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“Awful. Panicky”: How work-related inequalities are impacting older women’s hopes for their futures

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6 Jun 2024

Gender, ethnicity and caring responsibilities can all impact working lives and heighten the risk of financial insecurity in later life.

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Political parties urged to include commitment to Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in election manifestoes

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29 May 2024

Four leading older people's organisations are calling on political parties to commit to the creation of a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing during campaigning for the General Election.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Fixing England’s dangerous homes would deliver more than £1.5 billion in annual health and social care savings

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20 May 2024
5 min read

New analysis reveals how poor quality housing is incurring huge costs and pressures on the NHS and social care.

  • Homes
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It is time to act on the silent scandal of nearly 4 million dangerous homes

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16 May 2024
4 min read

We urgently need a national strategy to tackle the poor quality of the country’s homes, writes our Chief Executive Dr Carole Easton OBE.

  • Homes

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