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Last week’s Budget will deepen financial strife of millions of already impoverished pensioners, new report reveals

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14 Mar 2024

The Centre for Ageing Better has published an extended State of Ageing 2023/24 chapter on finance which summarises in detail the concerning level of poverty and financial insecurity among the country's ageing population.

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Accidental ageists: quarter of the population discriminate or stereotype by age without realising

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12 Mar 2024

The Age Without Limits campaign releases new data ahead of first national Action Day which will see scores of events across the country including opening of Challenging Ageism: See and Be Seen exhibition in London.

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No place for older renters

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Beth Walters
8 Mar 2024

The impact of the housing crisis on poverty is an area of growing public interest and understanding, but older people experiencing financial insecurity are often overlooked.

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Budget of short-term gains fails to tackle need for long-term change

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6 Mar 2024

This afternoon, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered the final Spring Budget of this Parliament before the next General Election.

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Centre for Ageing Better calls on Chancellor to finally deliver his older workers’ budget

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5 Mar 2024

Tomorrow Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver the final Spring Budget of this Parliament to a packed Commons.

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Age-friendly on a budget: A selection of good practice from the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities

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Rebecca Lines
4 Mar 2024

Becoming a more Age-friendly Community doesn’t have to cost the earth, writes our Age-friendly Communities Learning Officer Rebecca Lines.

In fact, it can often be a matter of doing what is already happening, with your ageing population in mind.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Learning together, building connections: Bringing the Good Home Network together face-to-face

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Livia Dragomir
28 Feb 2024

The Centre for Ageing Better and Foundations are bringing together local authorities in the Good Home Network to support learning, peer support and innovation in home improvement services.

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England’s new regional leaders can lead the way in improving later life

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Bianca Rossetti
23 Feb 2024

Millions of people will go to the polls in May to decide who will lead a growing number of Mayoral and Combined Authorities.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Health state life expectancies in England, Northern Ireland and Wales: between 2011 to 2013 and 2020 to 2022
Office for National Statistics
26 Mar 2024
This bulletin outlines healthy life expectancies for the UK population by gender and across different geographical areas.
A rapid review of the effectiveness of interventions for addressing digital exclusion in older adults
Wale, et al., Public Health Wales
22 Mar 2024
This rapid review assesses the effectiveness of interventions to tackle the digital exclusion of older adults.
Systematic review on care-related outcomes for older, minoritised populations in long-term care homes
Scott, M,. et al,. Age and Ageing
1 Apr 2024
This systematic review outlines differences in care related outcomes for long-term care home residents from minoritised backgrounds

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