All ages will be entitled to a minimum wage of at least £10 an hour if Labour gains power.
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Older women are barely visible on TV because of a combination of sex and age discrimination, it has been claimed.
She seeks selection as the Labour candidate for Nuneaton (currently Conservative held).
Anna Dyer, 63, has lodged a civil claim for £18,000 against the party at Glasgow Sheriff Court, citing age and sex discrimination.
Labour is setting up a commission led by Miriam O'Reilly, the former Countryfile presenter, and Arlene Phillips, the former Strictly Come Dancing judge, to tackle age discrimination against women over the age of 50.
Miss Harman, who is also shadow culture secretary, said many viewers were females of a certain age who themselves ‘don’t want to be written out of the public domain’.
Carl Johnson claimed to be a victim of age discrimination after election rival Chris Croft distributed leaflets which criticised him for his paucity of years. Labour candidate Johnson received 1,556 compared to Lib Dem Croft's 883.
At 19 years old, law student Carl Johnson is the youngest candidate ever to represent Tyneside’s Labour party as he fights for a seat in the Battle Hill ward. But after just weeks on the campaign trail, Carl believes he's the victim of age discrimination.