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responses on how the public provision of free-to-client, impartial financial guidance should be structured to give consumers the information they need to make financial decisions. There is a specific focus ... financial guidance is vital to encourage people to engage with financial services – industry information is a complement, not a substitute. The Government should develop a strategy to build capacity for supporting
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charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The Age UK network comprises of around 150 local Age UKs reaching most of England. Each year we provide Information and Advice to around 5 million ... through web based and written materials and individual enquiries by telephone, letters, emails and face to face sessions. We work closely with Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland. Local Age UKs are active in
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datasets. Our thanks also go to Chris Curry, Director of the Pensions Policy Institute, for reviewing and commenting on our statistical analysis. Warm thanks also go to Deborah Mattinson, Cordelia Hay ... Most of all we are indebted to the people who participated in our qualitative research, who shared their experiences, thoughts, strengths, and fears. They brought life to our analysis Age UK
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survey of disabled older people who receive Attendance Allowance September 2016 Introduction The Government is asking for views on transferring support currently provided to disabled older people through ... through Attendance Allowance (AA) to councils in England, as part of a consultation on business rates. Currently 1.23 million people age 65+ in England receive AA, so although the consultation says current
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individuals improve the health of the over 50s. • Guidance relevant to individuals and employers on promoting good health could support other efforts to help people work for longer, for example the Health and Work ... often the result of a complex web of factors, and it is difficult to view it as the only factor that impacts upon an individual’s ability to work longer. Other factors, such as caring responsibilities, may
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Due to the current high demand for our valuable service, we're suspending any new referrals into the service for the time being. Please check back soon. Our service is in huge demand and we need people ... people to become a telephone befriender. We need your help more than ever before. Sign up today as a telephone befriender and help make someone’s day. If you're aged 70 or over and live in Wales
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change is required in how we deliver bus services to meet the needs of Wales’ citizens and respond to the climate emergency? Please score from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Strongly agree Agree Neither ... Comments: In order to encourage people to use public transport in efforts to respond to the climate emergency, reliable, accessible and sustainable public transport services need to be available, with
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Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee Pension freedoms inquiry October 2017 Ref: 2217 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this inquiry The Work and Pensions Select Committee is running this inquiry to ascertain the impact that the 2015 ‘freedom and choice’ reforms have had on individual consumers.
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Mercer have been asked by Age UK to identify actions that can be taken by recent retirees to improve their financial resilience throughout retirement. Questions we were asked to consider are: • What is your ... financial resilience 1. Plan for the ‘U’ Generally, people tend to spend more in the early, active retirement years. Income needs then level off, only to increase again, with additional medical and care expenses
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© Age UK (May 2016) jjj Page 3 of 71 Acknowledgements The author of this report would like to thank the representatives of local Age UK Brand Partners (Cheschire, Darlington, North Tyneside, South ... Community Energy Programme team (in particular Nicola Hart) and older people participating in the project who shared information for this evaluation. Author Vinal K Karania is Research Manager at Age UK
