Preparing for an ageing society
Lord Filkin was bitingly critical in his response to the Government’s response to his committee’s report on ‘Ready for Ageing?’ The report had peered twenty years ahead, and found that the political...
View ArticleAge UK’s Economic Tracker: many in their early 50s fear losing their home
Last week Age UK launched the second edition of its Economic Tracker . This addition includes the result of the first wave of a survey we have developed to track older peoples’ views on the economy and...
View ArticleOlder people are still living in poverty and with growing inequality in later...
Our first blog post of the week looks at the findings from Age UK’s latest Chief Economist report. It focuses on the key economic aspects in the lives of many older people in the UK: inequality and...
View ArticleSpending Review and Autumn Statement 2015
This post was contributed by Angela Kitching, joint Head of Public Affairs, at Age UK. ‘A spending review for pensioners’ seems to be the reaction of many in the twittersphere, following George...
View ArticleDisruptive change ahead in the way we buy and use energy
In the spring, Ofgem announced its Insight for Future Regulation project, and has now produced the first paper of a series: first Future Insights discussion paper. It sets out some of the dramatic...
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