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The Skills to Pay the Bills: Feeling the effects of a decade of skills and training shortfall

A new National Audit Office report has revealed a significant reduction in the take-up of skills and training programmes. Why is that?

Exodus of experienced workers from the jobs market continues

New stats show there's still a significant gap to pre-pandemic levels of employment of older workers, despite a successful bounce back for other age groups .

Improving employment support for over 50s in Greater Manchester

Partnering with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and DWP, this project looks at developing effective approaches to providing employment support for over 50s.

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Our current world of work is failing older workers ahead of retirement

New research has revealed that many 65-year-olds lost out financially when the state pension age rose to 66 – including older workers still in employment.

How the triple lock is being used to stoke intergenerational conflict

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.

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

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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Upskilling employability workers: Final report

This slide deck summarises the findings of new training for employability support advisors in Greater Manchester on how to better support older jobseekers.

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

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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Work is important financially and is also a major source of social connections. Good quality, fulfilling work is important financially, gives people a sense of purpose and is a major source of social connections.