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Averting a pensions crisis

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Catherine Foot
9 Aug 2024

Less than three weeks after winning the election, the Labour government had announced a new pensions review, promising that it would look, among other things, at ‘retirement adequacy’.

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Organisations join forces to urge Chancellor to reconsider Winter Fuel Payment decision

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Centre for Ageing Better
2 Aug 2024

The Centre for Ageing Better has joined more than 20 organisations in signing a letter to Rachel Reeves calling on the UK government to halt the Winter Fuel Payment change announced this week.

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State of Ageing: Eight stats that show the diverse experience of getting older in the UK today

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Aideen Young
1 Aug 2024

If you want to know what it is like getting older in the UK, ignore assumptions and look at the facts.

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Vital government raises pension credit take-up if it is to go through with winter fuel payments reform

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30 Jul 2024

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced yesterday that up to 10 million pensioners will no longer be eligible for winter fuel payments in a cost-cutting move.

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The missing 250,000 homes: Campaigners count the cost of two years of inaction on minimum accessibility standards

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29 Jul 2024

New analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better reveals it would take 44 years to meet the current demand for accessible and adaptable housing in England at the current rate of construction.

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The latest thinking in the studying of ageing and older people

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Aideen Young
24 Jul 2024

The British Society of Gerontology held its 53rd Annual Conference in Newcastle at the start of this month.

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Overtly ageist businesses will pay the price for such blinkered thinking – in a myriad of ways

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Emily Andrews
19 Jul 2024

An employment tribunal has granted a multi-million award to a senior executive dismissed by a firm that had a policy of only hiring people under the age of 45.

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To realise economic growth mission, Labour must unleash potential of 50+ population

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18 Jul 2024

The new Labour government set out its legislative agenda for the next year in yesterday’s King’s Speech.

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Latest research from others

Identification of research gaps to improve care for healthy ageing
Cesari M. et al., Family Medicine and Community Health
This scoping review examines research gaps hindering improvements in care for healthy ageing.
Older people in the world of e-sport
Esnard, S. et al, Psychology of Aging
This study explores the motivations, emotional well-being, and social impact of competitive video gaming among older adults.
Changing Journeys: How we save, work and retire
Phoenix Insights
This study examines how demographic, societal, workplace, and economic changes have shaped the landscape of work, saving, and retirement in the UK.

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