Workplace pensions: more bang for our buck needed
The private pensions market has been sent a welcome wake-up call by the report of the Workplace Retirement Income Commission, chaired by Lord McFall. The report says that although auto-enrolment into...
View ArticleSimplifying small pension pots
This blog first appeared in Money Marketing The growing number of people with multiple small pension pots has been an issue for too long. The government itself has calculated there will be an...
View ArticleHow are the current policies of UK government and businesses meeting the...
1.4 million people in the UK are now aged over 85 and the numbers of older people continue to rise. Age UK’s new report, Agenda for Later Life 2012, looks at how public policy is meeting the challenges...
View ArticleBudget 2013: did the Chancellor deliver for older people?
Following statements from the Chancellor prior to the budget, it seemed that older people were due to benefit from significant changes to the future funding structures of social care and pensions....
View ArticleReady for ageing?
All too often, our ageing population is represented as an unmitigated disaster for the nation and the words ‘ticking timebomb’ appear with monotonous regularity. A new report from the House of Lords...
View ArticleMeeting the challenges of an ageing population
Each year, Age UK stands back and takes an overview of how society is meeting the needs of people in later life and sets out our agenda for public policy in the year ahead. In our Agenda for Later Life...
View ArticleHealth, wealth + the pursuit of happiness = a sustainable retirement income
In this blog post, Jane Vass, Head of Public Policy at Age UK, discusses the secret to a sustainable retirement income. After speaking at a recent ILC-UK event as part of its ‘Sustainable Older...
View ArticleA great place to grow older?
Today, we launched our Agenda for Later Life 2015 report, Age UK’s annual assessment of how public policy is meeting the needs of older people. Here, Jane Vass, Head of Public Policy, discuss the...
View ArticleBrain ageing – understanding the implications for financial services
On 3 February Age UK hosted a symposium in London for the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Ageing, on the impact of ageing and cognitive impairment on the financial services industry. Jane...
View ArticlePension scams: not quite there yet
From medieval conmen persuading people to hand over hard cash for worthless ‘holy relics’, to Charles Ponzi promising amazing returns on the back of earlier victims’ money, fraudsters have always been...
View ArticleHeatwaves – a hot topic
After such a wet winter, a bit of sun may sound like no bad thing, but people often underestimate the effect of high temperatures on older people: the 2003 heatwave led to an alarming 22 per cent...
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