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Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s examination of the Draft Pensions Bill in relation to the single-tier State Pension Ref: 0513 February 2013 ... House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Key points and recommendations Age UK supports the aim of a single-tier State Pension above the basic Pension Credit rate which would provide a fairer, simpler
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AGM Monday 31st October 2016 5pm-6pm Committee Room 21, HOC Minutes of the AGM held on 31st October 2016 in Committee Room 21, House of Commons Present: Parliamentarians: Nusrat Ghani MP, Barbara Keeley ... MP, Baroness Greengross, Seema Kennedy MP, Flick Drummond MP, Mims Davies MP, Baroness Barker Chair of the meeting: Nusrat Ghani MP Also Present: Suzanne Foster, Angela Kitching and Jane Vass, Age UK (Secretariat)
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Neighbourhood effects, such as the concentration of individuals from particular ethnic groups and levels of local deprivation, can impact upon the labour market performance of ethnic minorities and thus impact upon ... protection. Using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society), linked with a range of neighbourhood characteristics from the 2011 UK Census, this research sheds light on the relationship
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.............................................................. 10 Implications of Government policy for future levels of poverty ....................................................................... ... per cent of women pensioners, compared to 13 per cent of men. 29 per cent of private tenants and 25 per cent of social tenants compared to 10 per cent of owner occupiers. 31 per cent of Asian or
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Marcus Green and Phil Rossall Digital inclusion evidence review Contents 1 Digital inclusion of older people in the UK ........................................................................... ... ......................................................................................... 4 Number of older people not using the internet ..............................................................
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live in fear of crime; police, Government and industry should take action to prevent crimes targeted at older people, including scams, and support victims. Key Stats The average age of mail scam victims ... victims is 74. Over half of people aged 65+ believe they have been a target of a scam. An estimated 3.8 million fraud incidents and 2.0 million computer misuse incidents were experienced by adults aged
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reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy ... and believes it could, if disseminated effectively, help employers and individuals improve the health of the over 50s. • Guidance relevant to individuals and employers on promoting good health could support
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This briefing looks at the main findings from polling commissioned by Age UK to uncover more information about older peoples’ attitudes to cashing in an existing pension annuity. July 2015 Contact: ... .......................................................... 6 1. Key points Only five per cent of people with an existing annuity income said they would consider exchanging this for a cash lump sum
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Age Cymru welcomes the development of the workforce strategy for health and social care. This, along with other linked developments should help increase the number of staff recruited to work in this field ... the longer term. Importance of a Real Living Wage We welcome the Welsh Government’s commitment to ensure that all care workers receive a Real Living Wage within the term of this Senedd. This development
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contributions and circumstances over the life course interact with eligibility rules for each type of pension. Within the British context, such pensions may relate to the state pension, an occupational ... determinants of receiving pensions from different sources in later life by women aged 60 and over, and men aged 65 and over. This study also presents the impact of ethnicity on one’s chances of receiving
