Forum Brief: Pensions
Policy Consultation 11 June 2003
Solvent firms which close final salary schemes will be forced to compensate workers, the government has announced.
Forum Brief: Cancer and the elderly
Policy Consultation 2 June 2003
Elderly patients do not receive new treatments for cancer despite evidence that they could benefit just as much as the young, a survey has found.
Michelle Mitchell - head of public affairs at Age Concern and Katherine Rake, director of the Fawcett Society
Stakeholder Interview 16 May 2003
Question: Why have Age Concern and the Fawcett Society joined forces to protest about women's pensions?
Forum Brief: Age discrimination
Policy Consultation 6 May 2003
On the day that Tony Blair celebrates his 50th birthday, Help the Aged has handed the prime minister a petition calling on the government to ban age discrimination.
Forum Brief: Budget - Pensioners
Policy Consultation 9 April 2003
Gordon Brown has unveiled a package of measures designed to boost the income of Britain's pensioners.
Forum Brief: Pensioner poverty
Policy Consultation 7 April 2003
Pensioners have been urged to ensure they claim the benefits that they are entitled to.
Forum Brief: Services for the elderly
Policy Consultation 26 March 2003
The government should do more to develop a cross-departmental strategy for older people, the National Audit Office has said.
Forum Brief: NAO Pensions Report
Policy Consultation 20 March 2003
Despite making progress, the government must do more to deal with past problems in the state earnings related pension, parliament's spending watchdog has said.
Forum Brief: Retirement Age
Policy Consultation 20 March 2003
An Age Concern/ICM poll has found that 76 per cent of workers are opposed to being forced to retire at a fixed age.
Forum Brief: Elderly care
Policy Consultation 14 March 2003
A report in the British Medical Journal has warned that elderly people are getting poor levels of care, particularly in nursing homes.
Forum Brief: Poverty statistics
Policy Consultation 14 March 2003
The government has published new data on poverty in the UK.
Forum Brief: Older people and the internet
Policy Consultation 4 March 2003
Cabinet Office minister Douglas Alexander has launched a Hansard Society report, "Past the post: Older people and new technology" at an event in the House of Commons.
Forum Brief: Bed blocking bill
Policy Consultation 18 February 2003
Opposition peers joined forces last night to ensure that the Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Bill will not come into force until April 2004.
Forum Brief: Bed blocking
Policy Consultation 17 February 2003
The government is set for a defeat in the House of Lords over its plans to impose fines on local authorities who fail to provide enough long term care beds
Forum Brief: Age discrimination
Policy Consultation 13 February 2003
The King's Fund has published "Auditing age discrimination", a guide to how organisations can work to eradicate discrimination against older people.
