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Recruiting older workers can fill gaps in the labour market 

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Tracy Riddell
23 Apr 2025

The hospitality, travel and leisure sectors offer positive employment opportunities for workers over 50, but those sectors are not always capitalising on this pool of older talent.

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Centre for Ageing Better to host UKRI research Fellow

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Centre for Ageing Better
23 Apr 2025

The Centre for Ageing Better has been selected to host a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Fellow, whose remit will be to improve policy and decision making on healthy ageing.

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Latest Labour Market stats show government needs to show greater ambitions for older workers

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 Apr 2025

The Centre for Ageing Better is part of a group of organisations is calling on the government to be more proactive in getting more older people into work if it wants to meet its manifesto pledges around economic growth.

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Understanding differing experiences of ageing

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Stephen James
9 Apr 2025

The week before last, Ageing Better were among a partnership of organisations that delivered The Age-Friendly Futures Summit in Manchester, bringing together around 250 leaders, policymakers, practitioners and researchers from the UK and around the globe.

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How ageism shapes the design of our communities

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Natalie Turner
8 Apr 2025

A new parliamentary report states that ageism is “widespread and culturally embedded” in the UK.

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Unequal opportunity: How your postcode impacts your chances of working into your 50s and 60s

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Centre for Ageing Better
25 Mar 2025

There are more than three times as many 50-64-year-olds in work in the South East of England compared to the North East, our new analysis reveals.

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The UK is “headed in the wrong direction” for older workers with ill-health

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Elena Boninsegni
6 Mar 2025

The likelihood of being out of work due to ill-health is on the rise in the UK while falling elsewhere in Europe.

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Tackling poor-quality housing faced by England’s older minority ethnic communities

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Nazia Azad
4 Mar 2025

People from minority ethnic communities are more likely to be living in poor-quality homes. We need to improve their access to support, writes Nazia Azad from the Centre for Ageing Better.

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Latest research from others

Baker McKenzie and Global Initiative for Ageing
Baker McKenzie and Global Initiative for Ageing
This report reviews protection systems for the older adults across 100 countries, focusing on labour, economic, and social participation.
Fuel Poverty in the UK
House of Commons
This report explores how fuel poverty has changed, and how levels and policies vary across the UK.
Do publicly funded community physical activity programs for middle-aged and older adults in Ireland work?
García Bengoechea E. et al., European Journal of Ageing
This study examines the effectiveness of physical activity programs for middle-aged and older adults in Ireland.

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