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Author: Tony Watts

“Listen to older voices” – poverty in later life is underestimated by the public

Almost half (49%) of the general public underestimate the scale of poverty in later life, according to new polling from financial hardship charity Independent Age.

May 10, 2024
Older people take their demand for a Commissioner to Downing Street

Campaigners have taken their calls for the creation of a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England to the heart of Westminster.

May 1, 2024
Transport emerges as key issue for older Londoners ahead of Mayoral Election

According to a new Age UK London poll of Londoners aged 50 and above, 50% of respondents identified transport issues as their primary concern and would like to see this as a focus for the new Mayor.

April 30, 2024
Care & Repair Cymru launches new “Older not Colder’” service

The charity has launched a Wales-wide service aimed at reducing the impact and severity of fuel poverty on older people.

April 30, 2024
Older people “at risk of being forced into residential care” due to adaptation delays

A new report from Age UK maintains that older people at risk of being forced into residential care due to massive delays in making adaptations to homes.

April 28, 2024
We are all paying the price for the nation’s poor and dangerous housing

Amongst all of the predictable hoo-ha around the PM’s call to end the culture of “sick note” Britain, it might well be forgotten that the poor state of our homes, plus crowded living conditions, is playing a key role in the rising tide of poor health in this country as well as startling levels of…

April 23, 2024
Is your workplace carer-friendly?

If not, it will almost certainly hurt your business, argues Deborah Stone of Mature Thinking. That’s because caring is increasingly becoming a part of people’s lives as our population continues to age and fewer and fewer qualify for support – and the nation’s growing army of informal carers are struggling to combine work and care.

April 23, 2024
WASPI: justice will have to wait… again

Grenfell, Windrush, subpostmasters, the blood transfusion scandal, Dilnot… the latest delay in implementing the Ombudsman’s report on WASPI women is just one more examplar, writes Tony Watts OBE, of the tactics routinely used by Government to put off rectifying historic wrongs or fulfilling promises made – many involving older people who may never live to…

April 21, 2024
Age UK’s “blueprint for older people” prioritises pension security and health

Age UK’s new report, drawn from nationwide polling, comes in time for the coming UK General Election. It contains 52 separate policy recommendations covering many different aspects of later life.

April 15, 2024
Pensions Freedom 10 years on: who have been the winners… and losers?

This March marked the tenth anniversary of the announcement of “Pension Freedom and Choice” reforms which, along with Auto-Enrolment, represented the two major shifts in pension policy enacted under George Osborne. What have been the long-term impacts for savers? asks Tony Watts OBE.

April 10, 2024

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