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Metro Mayors: Powerhouses for positive ageing?

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29 Jun 2022

Deepening devolution to metro and county regions is a key strand in the government's approach to Levelling Up. This will create huge potential to make older people's lives better.

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Older than ever: Ageing population requires change of approach

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Centre for Ageing Better
28 Jun 2022

We urge the government and communities to do more to adapt for our ageing population, in response to new England & Wales Census 2021 data released today.

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Baroness Sally Greengross OBE – an appreciation of a fellow campaigner for older people

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Centre for Ageing Better
24 Jun 2022

The chief executive of the International Longevity Centre UK and crossbench peer has sadly passed away.

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How the triple lock is being used to stoke intergenerational conflict

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Carole Easton
23 Jun 2022

This week, the government confirmed that it is looking to reinstate the triple lock guarantee on the state pension next April after its suspension for the 2022/23 tax year.

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New training increases support for older jobseekers in Greater Manchester

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Centre for Ageing Better
23 Jun 2022

Employment support advisors taking part in the training project felt they were better able to instil confidence in older jobseekers and support them to tackle internalised ageism as a result.

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The importance of upskilling employability workers and tailoring employment support for over 50s

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Elaine Smith
23 Jun 2022

The Upskilling employability workers project, a programme in Greater Manchester which trained employability workers in how to better support older jobseekers, was created to address the barriers to employability faced by older age groups.

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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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Latest research from others

Informal and formal long-term care utilization and unmet needs in Europe: examining socioeconomic disparities and the role of social policies for older adults
Szenkurök V. et al., International Journal of Health Economics and Management
This study examines home-based long-term care use among older adults in 18 European countries.
The Underpensioned Index
Public Policy Institute
This report compares average retirement incomes of underpensioned groups to the broader UK population.
Revisiting digital participation as a prerequisite of digital inclusion
Hänninen, R., The Information Society
This global study examines how digital participation is understood, especially in later life.

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