Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly is to return to BBC1 for the first time since winning her age discrimination case against the corporation as one of the faces of a daytime Crimewatch spin-off show.
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"We could soon see the beginning of a new age for older people, as the government launches a consultation on how to bring age discrimination legislation into force" according to Age UK head Marlene Mitchell.
Age discrimination in the NHS: Health service ombudsman report reveals shocking treatment of the over-65s, who are being failed again and again.
Former BBC presenter Miriam O'Reilly has won her case for age discrimination against the corporation after she was dropped from BBC1's rural affairs show, Countryfile. The tribunal upheld her claim for age discrimination but not sex discrimination.
Marlene Mitchell, director of age discrimination charity Age UK, discusses the rise in the numbers of centenarians, age discrimination and the NHS.
A written judgment in Miriam O'Reilly's age discrimination case is expected either just before or after Christmas.
Gurkha veterans have lost the latest round of their legal battle with the Ministry of Defence over their Army pensions.
Despite estimates that a third of UK workers will be over 50 by 2020, a report has revealed that businesses are under prepared.
The UK's 200 largest companies have a pensions shortfall of £100bn and the downturn is likely to make deficits worse.
Removing the default retirement age could have unwelcome consequences if the issues involved are not widely debated.
Department of Health and NHS criticised for making too little progress on tackling key barometer of inequality.
Work and pensions secretary Ian Duncan Smith and pensions minister Steve Webb announce plans "to reinvigorate the pension landscape".
The Public and Commercial Services Union's victory in challenging the removal of redundancy benefits leaves entrenched a potentially age discriminatory scheme.
Donald Steele, who has died aged 76, was a leading campaigner for improvements in social policy for older people. From 1993 onwards, Don was director of social policy for the Association of Retired and People over 50.
Gurkha veterans fail in test case claiming the MoD discriminated against them on grounds of nationality and age.
Equalities minister warns that ageism within the corporation is annoying its viewers.
More than 70% of older workers now plan to work beyond the state retirement age.
Ms Scott's contract to replace Natasha Kaplinsky was allegedly cancelled in favour of two younger replacements.