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Living in the poorest parts of England can cost you almost five years of your life

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26 Mar 2025
5 min read

Men living in the poorest areas of the country can expect to live 4.4 fewer years on average than those living in the wealthiest areas of England, our new analysis reveals.

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

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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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Covid’s seismic shock on older people’s involvement in society still felt five years on

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24 Mar 2025
5 min read

Older people’s health, employment and community connection have failed to recover since the pandemic, 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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6 Mar 2025
5 min read

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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4 Mar 2025
3 min read

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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Alongside the government’s ‘Build Baby Build’ mantra, Britain’s housing crisis needs ‘Fix Baby Fix’

Blog
28 Feb 2025

Two in five UK households have a need for home improvements but face barriers to delivering them.

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Network of one-stop shops for home improvement would not cost government a penny to end tragedy of poor-quality homes

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25 Feb 2025

The country is in the midst of a poor quality housing crisis and lacks effective solutions to tackle it.

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People should not have to live like this: Time to end the poor-quality housing crisis

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24 Feb 2025

Housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa has seen some of the most horrific living conditions faced by tenants across the UK in his years of social justice campaigning.

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Latest research from others

Altruistic ageing: how age inequality contributes to care work’s construction as a burden
Barrett, A., et al., Ageing & Society
This Italian study explores altruistic ageing.
LGBT+ concerns of ageing and accessing aged care services in Australia
Scott, K., et al., Australasian Journal of Ageing
This Australian study examines LGBT+ people’s concerns about ageing and accessing aged care services.
Exposome factors associated with multi-morbidity in older adults: a discovery-based cross-sectional analysis in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
Mora, J.D., et al., European Journal of Public Health
This Dutch study examines exposome factors linked to multi-morbidity in older adults.

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