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11 Mar 2013

Age UK launches major report into the lives of over-85s

Age UK has launched a definitive new report into the lives and health of people over 85, the fastest growing demographic group in the UK.
9 Mar 2013

84-year-old twins set for 8,000 foot sky dive to raise charity cash

Two 84-year-old twins are teaming up for a charity skydive to raise money for the churches' international development charity Christian Aid.
25 Oct 2012

Make pensioners keep working, peer urges

People over retirement age should be required to do community work or lose some of their pension, urged former Benefits Agency head Lord Bichard.
24 Oct 2012

'Incentivising' pensioners: Lord Bichard and the fifth commandment

Today (24 October), a man with a substantial pension and a seat in the Lords demonstrated either his ignorance of, or indifference to, values which almost all cultures understand as underpinning the cohesion of a decent society.