Matthew Taylor, the lead for a review of modern employment, has called for the improvement of the quality of work in the UK to become a new “national goal”.
We welcome the reference to housing and ageing (p63) - but this was a missed opportunity to put the housing needs of our ageing population, front and centre.
Government Business Champion for Older Workers, Andy Briggs, announces a new target to get 1M more people aged 50 and over in work over the next 5 years.
There are around 3.5 million people not in work between 50 and the state pension Age, and around a million of those stopped work before they were ready.
When people think about their health, their immediate concern is to avoid a serious illness that is potentially life threatening like cancer or a stroke.