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change the market for financial advice and guidance, including the Financial Advice Market Review. Key Points and Recommendations Consumers must continue to have access to high quality sources of money ... 50; (b) at-retirement pensions guidance; and (c) a further guidance session in later life. These key landmark guidance points should be proactively offered to individuals and should be set against a backdrop
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charity shops throughout the UK and also offer a range of commercial products tailored to older people. Key points and recommendations Age UK welcomes the provision of more choice and freedom in how consumers ... not simply their immediate needs and considerations. Guidance material must, as a minimum, provide key messages around: How to gather information about other possible pension assets e.g. lost pension
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2014 Matthew Norton and Sally West Age UK Evidence Review: Poverty in Later Life Contents Key Statistics ....................................................................................... ... .................... 19 2 Age UK Poverty Evidence Review 2014 Matthew Norton and Sally West Key Statistics 1.6 million pensioners are in relative poverty, defined as having incomes below 60 per
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importantly, identifying and supporting the things that give someone a sense of meaning in life is a key part of recognising their inherent dignity. The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales states that care ... an important part in enhancing someone’s quality of life. This resource contains a summary of its key points on page 15, as well as a template of table that care home staff could use when learning about
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should take action to prevent crimes targeted at older people, including scams, and support victims. Key Stats The average age of mail scam victims is 74. Over half of people aged 65+ believe they have ... we should – gives a more accurate picture of 21st century crime. Understanding fraud is therefore key to tackling crime and Government, police, banks, and others have to adapt and tackle fraud. Examples
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to older people. Key points and recommendations We welcome the Government’s commitment to encouraging innovation in pension saving – but this should not distract from the key priority of ensuring ... to pensions. We would not want any debate about the shape of future pensions to detract from the key priorities of the moment in terms of ensuring the success of automatic enrolment; improving scheme
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remains committed to taking forward the recommendations of the report and will continue to work with key stakeholders to deliver improvements for older people today and in future generations. Tom Wright CBE ... for people to be able to secure adequate financial resilience in retirement has become one of the key public policy issues of our time. As though retiring isn't disruptive enough, many consumers now face
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Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 Key points Age UK welcomes the FCA’s scoping study and encourages the FCA to proceed to a full review of the access issues identified. The key access issues for Age UK’s constituency ... suggest there are significant access issues for the regulator to study. This submission highlights key issues that have come to our attention and gives examples of the comments and evidence we receive.
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examines the level of impact the Regulations have achieved over the intervening period. Summary of key points • Employment practices towards older workers have seen only a slight improvement since October ... employer practice and policy. Also included in the boxes throughout are brief summaries of some of the key legal cases with a relevance to older workers. The default retirement age and its impact The most
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prevention. This second point is particularly pertinent to Age Cymru, which counts ‘empowering’ among its key values and aims to give people (especially those who are disadvantaged) the tools to take control of ... and high-risk groups listed in this strategy. In particular, we support including disability as a key factor in increasing suicide risk, as well as the mention of both older people and veterans as being
