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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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Professor Dame Carol Black receives latest honour marking distinguished career

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Centre for Ageing Better
17 Jul 2024

Ageing Better is delighted to congratulate its Chair, Professor Dame Carol Black, on receiving the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

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If Labour want to kickstart economic growth, it is vital that any reform of employment support includes specific focus on older workers

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12 Jul 2024

This week the government has outlined initial reforms to the Department for Work and Pensions in a bid to tackle growing levels of economic inactivity and welfare spending.

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Latest research from others

Trajectories of job resources and the timing of retirement
Khawli, E., et al., Work, Aging and Retirement
This study examines how work resources, such as job autonomy, skill development and social recognition, influence the timing and trajectory of retirement.
Life-course socioeconomic inequalities, social mobility and healthy aging in older adults
Huang Z. et al., Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
This study examines how socioeconomic status at different life stages affects healthy ageing in the USA, UK, Europe, China, and Japan.
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.

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