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A lack of action on poor-quality housing is leading to avoidable deaths, with 1 in 10 homes posing a serious risk to their residents’ health or safety.

New figures have shown that over 50s have been hit hard by pandemic, with 31,000 over 50s made redundant between May and July.

It’s vital that the suspension of the triple lock is a genuinely temporary measure in response to the events of the pandemic, and that the earnings link be reinstated after a year.

We welcome the government’s steps towards sustainable funding for the social care system, which has been kicked into the long grass by successive governments.

Physical inactivity is one of the leading risk factors for poor health and disability in later life, and yet nearly a quarter of people aged 50 to 70 do less than thirty minutes of physical activity a week.