David Cameron says he will help protect people taking advantage of the government's new pensions 'revolution' by appointing Dr Ros Altmann as minister for consumer protection.
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The Government's "older workers tsar" suggests holders of O levels should rebrand them as GCSEs to avoid age discrimination.
Michael Buerk criticises television presenters who complain of ageism, arguing those given jobs 'because they look nice' cannot protest when they lose them.
Employment tribunal rules it was age discrimination for chief constables to force officers' retirement through use of police regulations.
Tens of thousands of people over 52 believe they receive the worst treatment from the NHS as one in 10 say doctors and nurses write them off because of their age.
Our population is ageing and the workforce growing greyer, with Wednesday’s jobs data showing the number of over-65s in employment continuing to rise.
Alan Titchmarsh has suggested that women television presenters should stop “whingeing” about being passed over once they reach a certain age, claiming that they fare better than men earlier in their careers.
Thousands of elderly people are dying unnecessarily early because ‘despicable’ age discrimination in the NHS is denying them treatment for cancer, a charity has warned.
The BBC was embroiled in a fresh age discrimination row last night after sacking 73-year-old “voice of cycling” Hugh Porter in favour of a younger colleague.
The pensions minister has warned workers in their 30s that the government had no idea when they would be able to retire.
More older people working longer is causing a bottleneck for younger staff - who will leave to join a rival company, organisations warn in a new report.
A childless couple who were refused NHS fertility treatment are suing the Health Secretary for age discrimination.
More than a third of older people intend to work past 65.
One in three Britons doesn’t plan to give up work when they reach retirement age, rising to four in 10 over-55s, according to a survey.
Miriam O’Reilly, the presenter who won an age discrimination case against the BBC, has made a new complaint against the corporation claiming executive “hostility” after she was rehired.
Older people will continue to pay higher prices for insurance after ministers decided that age discrimination laws would not be applied to financial services.
Employers could be sued under age discrimination laws for taking part in Nick Clegg’s £1 billion scheme to get young people jobs, the Government’s own official guidance has warned.
Pensioners holidaying abroad this summer face being hit by annual increases of up to 90 per cent in the cost of their travel insurance.
Patronising elderly people in hospitals or care homes should be treated as severely as racist or sexist abuse, a landmark report on dignity for older people says today.
Millions of older people without access to the internet may be suffering age discrimination at the hands of Britain's biggest energy companies, according to the regulator.