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.
The Centre for Ageing Better and The Physiological Society launched a new joint report ‘A National Post Pandemic Resilience Programme: Supporting older adults to recover from the pandemic’.
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.
The latest ONS labour market figures show that there are 362,000 over 50s currently unemployed and over a quarter of people aged 50-64 are classed as economically inactive.
New study reveals stark ethnic health inequalities across the population, with differences in health among different groups particularly pronounced in later life.
During the pandemic, quieter roads and the rapid deployment of infrastructure led to an increase in cycling. It’s crucial that we continue this increased uptake in active travel for 50-70 year olds.