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This Christmas, our Ageing Better experts are not asking Santa for a Stretch Armstong, a Cabbage Patch Doll or a Thunderbirds Tracey Island.

Instead, we’re asking St Nicholas to sprinkle some of his yuletide magic to bring about lasting societal change in 2024.

At the end of last month, Age-friendly Community members from across the country came together for another successful UK Network of Age-friendly Communities Conference.

Whoever gains the keys to Number 10 at the next election knows they will have limited resources to work with to fix a range of large-scale, long-term challenges the country faces.

Our new State of Ageing report details how older people from some Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds are more likely to live in poverty, poor housing and poorer health than average.

This year, we have had a Spring Budget that promised much for older workers and an Autumn Statement that did not mention them at all.

Ageing Better’s Age-friendly Employer Pledge was launched one year ago today for employers who recognise the importance and value of older workers.