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Age UK was formed in 2009 from the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern England, creating an organisation with a combined income of around £160 million, including £47 million a year raised through fundraising, and over 520 charity shops, and income raised through its commercial services arm, AgeCo Limited (formerly Age UK Enterprises Limited)
The rationale for the age rise was that people would be living longer in the future. [14] This was put into effect by the Pensions Act 2007. However, when the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition took power, the Pensions Act 2011 [15] accelerated the rise of the state pension age to 66 for both men and women by 6 October 2020. [16]
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Following the passage of the Old Age Pensions Act 1908 a pension of 5/- per week (£0.25, equivalent, using the Consumer Price Index, to £33 in present-day terms), [2] or 7/6 per week (£0.38, equivalent to £49/week today) for a married couple, was payable to persons with an income below £21 per annum (equivalent to £2800 today), The ...
While the 1959 Act forbade service past age 75 by any judges appointed thereafter (Lord Denning being the last exempt jurist in England, retiring in 1982. while in Scotland John Cameron, Lord Cameron retired in 1985), [1] the 1993 Act made the ordinary retirement age 70, and while enabling a minister (presumably the Lord Chancellor) to allow ...
Ageism is a normalised and accepted form of discrimination which is widespread in the UK and can have a “hugely damaging” impact, MPs have heard.
Equalities Minister Harriet Harman unveiled the first draft of the Equalities Bill in Parliament to outlaw discrimination through the provision of goods and services on the basis of age. Help the Aged also conducted a high-profile campaign on fuel poverty, [7] which affects an estimated 3 million pensioners in the UK. A household is deemed to ...
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