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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.

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Is the UK truly the best country to grow up and grow old in?

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Carole Easton
23 May 2022

The House of Commons recently debated whether the UK is the best country to be an older person. Unfortunately we're far from that being a reality.

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Older worker employment still stalling two years on from pandemic

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Centre for Ageing Better
17 May 2022

Employment of older workers is still failing to recover to pre-pandemic levels, with almost a quarter of a million more people aged 50-64 economically inactive.

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Community connections predict wellbeing as we age

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Gianfranco Addario
16 May 2022

New evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic highlights how stronger local connections are linked to better wellbeing, particularly as we age.

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What does ageism look like?

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Niall Ryan
12 May 2022

Ageism is the most widespread form of discrimination in the UK. And it will likely impact us all at some point, particularly as we get older.

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Latest research from others

Commissioner for Older People launches new report ‘Are you ageist?’
Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
20 Mar 2024
This report by the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI) investigates older people's experiences and perceptions of ageism.
Older Adults' Experiences of Using Strategies to Maintain and Foster Social Participation
Körlof, L. et al., Health and Social Care in the Community
28 Feb 2024
The study explores how older adults maintain social participation to benefit their health.
Paving the way - How England can learn from other nations about supporting older private renters
Independent Age
20 Mar 2024
The paper explores the challenges faced by older private renters in England.

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