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Latest increase in state pension age led to income poverty rates among 65-year-olds more than doubling

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Jun 2022

A report that we commissioned reveals nearly 100,000 more people have been pushed into poverty while waiting to collect their state pension.

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New figures show over 50s most in need of post-pandemic support to get back into work

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Centre for Ageing Better
14 Jun 2022

Over a quarter of a million more people aged 50-64 are economically inactive compared to pre-pandemic levels, fuelling the labour market participation crisis.

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Why we're putting the Age-friendly Movement at the heart of our new strategy

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Carole Easton
10 Jun 2022

Today we unveil our bold new strategy to help realise our vision of a society in which everyone can live a good later life.

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Ageing Better to deliver new campaign against age-based discrimination

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Centre for Ageing Better
10 Jun 2022

A bold new public campaign tackling the scourge of everyday ageism is heading up our new 2022-25 strategy.

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Prime Minister’s housing reforms offer no solace from cost-of-living crisis for older renters

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Centre for Ageing Better
9 Jun 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled new housing proposals including extending the Right to Buy to housing association tenants and allowing low earners to use housing benefit towards a mortgage.

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70 years and counting: Reflections on the Queen’s Jubilee

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Carole Easton
1 Jun 2022

This Platinum Jubilee, the country comes together to celebrate the role the Queen has been fulfilling ever since 1952.

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How do we challenge the ageist narrative that exists in society?

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Luke Price
30 May 2022

The government has a major role to play in the fight to eradicate ageism, but action needs to be much broader to deliver change.

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Chancellor's temporary measures for pensioners need to be backed up with long-term solutions

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Centre for Ageing Better
26 May 2022

Substantial reforms that go further than the Chancellor's cost-of-living support are needed to tackle the systemic issues eroding the quality of later life.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Latest research from others

Food insecurity, disability and age in the UK
Hadfield-Spoor, M., et al., Public Health Nutrition
26 Feb 2024
This study examines the relationship between disability, age, and food insecurity in the UK.
Mitigating the Harmful Impact of Ageism among Older Individuals
Brinkhof, L.P., et al. Geriatrics
26 Feb 2024
The paper investigates how ageism affects the mental well-being and quality of life of older people, and the mitigating role of individual resilience.
The challenges and potential of intermediate care
Health Foundation
20 Mar 2024
This report explores intermediate care services in England, with a focus on older people as primary users.

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