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Employment rates climb – but over 50s left behind

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14 Dec 2021

The latest ONS labour market figures show that employment in over 50s remains far below pre-pandemic levels, with over 170,000 fewer over 50s employed.

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Why the Social Care White Paper is right to make housing a focus

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10 Dec 2021

Over 4 million homes fail the basic health and safety tests, and over half of people who live in these are over 55. We need strong leadership to make sure housing is not left out of our health and care system.

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What is the ‘great retirement', and should we be worried?

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10 Dec 2021

As the labour market recovers from COVID-19, we are starting to see that a significant proportion of older workers are not returning to work. But have these people really retired?

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How a bus journey in Leeds adds ten years to your life

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8 Dec 2021
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Life expectancy in Leeds increases from 75 to 85 along the bus routes from Harehills to Wetherby and other affluent suburbs, according to new report highlighting inequalities in the city.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Guide launched to help comms professionals talk about ageing

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6 Dec 2021

We've launched a new guide to support communications professionals and charities to represent ageing in a more positive and realistic way.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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Flexible working from day 1 essential to supporting older workers

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1 Dec 2021

As the government consultation on proposals to reform flexible working regulations ends, we look at the case for supporting older workers’ desire for better, flexible jobs.

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How can we better support over 50s into work?

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25 Nov 2021

What's important for people aged over 50, and how do work and learning fit into these priorities?

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Youngest baby boomers risk becoming a ‘forgotten generation’ with inequality skyrocketing and financial pressures worsening

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23 Nov 2021

Our new report finds that people in their 50s and 60s today face worse circumstances than the cohort before them, with 1 in 5 people in this age group likely to face multiple, long-term problems.

  • Ageism & Inequalities
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