Our new research project with ComRes and Equally Ours aims to better understand how ageing is portrayed in the media, on social media and in public policy.
Dr Sheena Johnson, a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Business School, explains how the ageing profile of professional drivers offers lessons for the rest of the workforce.
New ONS analysis of the changes in the UK labour composition during and after the 2008 economic crash show that over-50s made the largest contribution to post-downturn growth in total hours and now fill a third (30%) of all hours worked in the UK.
This paper provides a discussion on where further investment and innovation is necessary and proposes how the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund can fill identified gaps and complement existing initiatives.
The Government’s Green Paper on prevention and public health will in part be measured by ‘disability-free life expectancy’. This has major implications for future health policy.
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