16 October 2018
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Independent Age in the News
Life expectancy stalls
Janet Morrison comments on new ONS statistics, which show that life expectancy in the UK has stopped increasing for the first time since 1982. Read the full story on Sky News
Social care workers quitting their jobs
In news about one-third of social care workers leaving their jobs in the past year, George McNamara’s comments about social care at the Labour Party conference were picked up by the Daily Mirror
Bank branches closing
George McNamara is quoted in an article about the effect of bank branch closures on older people. Read the full story in the Daily Express
Advice on pensions
Independent Age is mentioned in The Sun's Dear Deirdre column as a good source of advice on pensions
Growing old with dignity
George McNamara, Director of Policy and Influencing at Independent Age, writes about our call for free personal care in the Sunday Express
Independent Age calls for free personal care
We are calling for free personal care, backed by a poll of the public which found that almost three-quarters of adults in England would support free personal care, even if it means paying more in tax. Read the full story in the Daily Express
Older people "being let down" by social care
Our new report, A Taxing Question: How to pay for free personal care, warns that older people are being let down by social care if the funding gap is not reduced. Read more in The Sun
Funding cuts to day centres
Director of Policy George McNamara is quoted in a story outlining the scale of local authority funding cuts to day centres. Read more in The Telegraph.
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