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Are older workers any better off following the back-to-work budget?

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Luke Price
31 Mar 2023

The recent budget has been billed both a back to work budget for the over 50s and a budget for the rich.

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Conditions not met for further acceleration of state pension age increases

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30 Mar 2023

The government has announced that a mooted acceleration in the state pension age increase to 68 from 2037 will not be brought forward.

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New funding for energy efficiency in the home disappointingly absent from government’s new net zero plan

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30 Mar 2023

The government has unveiled a new 1,000-page net zero plan featuring dozens of measures aimed at reducing the country’s carbon emissions.

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Only one month until photography competition challenging old-age stereotypes closes

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Centre for Ageing Better
30 Mar 2023

Photographers have one month left to enter the competition run by the Centre for Ageing Better and content licensing platform Alamy to create more age-friendly images.

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What I learned from working with Ageing Better on their first group coaching prototype

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Alison Hughes
28 Mar 2023

Ageing Better’s new scheme to help older workers bounce back from the shock of redundancy provides something different from existing models of support.

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Why The Apprentice is missing a trick by excluding older workers

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Carole Easton
24 Mar 2023

There have been more candidates called Alex than candidates aged over 40 since the BBC first launched The Apprentice in 2005.

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What we learned from working with over 50s facing redundancy

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Lucy Kenny
23 Mar 2023

For people who are being made redundant from life-long or long-term jobs, redundancy can be a major blow to their confidence and self-esteem.

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More than 100 employers sign up to become an Age-friendly Employer

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Centre for Ageing Better
22 Mar 2023

More than 100 leading organisations and businesses, including HM Treasury, the Department for Work and Pensions, and a number of Marriott hotels have already joined the scheme within its first 100 days.  

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Latest research from others

Making environmental policy work for everyone
New Philanthropy Capital
5 Jun 2024
This report sets outs UK and England-level environmental policy priority areas, including for older people.
What do we really know about age-related stereotypes and well-being of older adults? A commentary on the state of the art
Rasset, P., Mange, J., Augustinova, M., Frontiers in Psychology
24 May 2024
This review outlines age-related stereotypes faced by older people, and the mechanisms through which they impact mental and physical health.
Experiences of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance
Department for Work and Pensions
16 May 2024
This report explores the experiences of individuals claiming and receiving Carer's Allowance (CA) in the UK. Based on qualitative and survey research with working age CA claimants living in England…

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