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Old and invisible: The state pension age increase is pushing thousands into poverty

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Carole Easton
21 Jun 2022

A new report, commissioned by the Centre for Ageing Better, reveals the number of 65-year-olds living in absolute income poverty more than doubled in the two years after the process to increase the state pension age to 66 began

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Latest increase in state pension age led to income poverty rates among 65-year-olds more than doubling

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Jun 2022

A report that we commissioned reveals nearly 100,000 more people have been pushed into poverty while waiting to collect their state pension.

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New figures show over 50s most in need of post-pandemic support to get back into work

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Centre for Ageing Better
14 Jun 2022

Over a quarter of a million more people aged 50-64 are economically inactive compared to pre-pandemic levels, fuelling the labour market participation crisis.

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Why we're putting the Age-friendly Movement at the heart of our new strategy

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Carole Easton
10 Jun 2022

Today we unveil our bold new strategy to help realise our vision of a society in which everyone can live a good later life.

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Ageing Better to deliver new campaign against age-based discrimination

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Centre for Ageing Better
10 Jun 2022

A bold new public campaign tackling the scourge of everyday ageism is heading up our new 2022-25 strategy.

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Prime Minister’s housing reforms offer no solace from cost-of-living crisis for older renters

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Centre for Ageing Better
9 Jun 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled new housing proposals including extending the Right to Buy to housing association tenants and allowing low earners to use housing benefit towards a mortgage.

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70 years and counting: Reflections on the Queen’s Jubilee

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Carole Easton
1 Jun 2022

This Platinum Jubilee, the country comes together to celebrate the role the Queen has been fulfilling ever since 1952.

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How do we challenge the ageist narrative that exists in society?

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Luke Price
30 May 2022

The government has a major role to play in the fight to eradicate ageism, but action needs to be much broader to deliver change.

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Latest research from others

Growing older in Wales. Perspectives of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic older people
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
20 May 2024
This report outlines the lived experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic older people living in Wales.
Fire safety in houses and flats
House of Commons Library
2 May 2024
This report outlines new fire safety regulations that have been introduced because of the Grenfell Tower fire. Framed within research that identifies older people as at greatest risk of dying in a…
Intergenerational inequality and the future of the social contract
International Longevity Centre UK
12 Jun 2024
This report explores social and economic intergenerational fairness in the UK.

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