All Demographics articles
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NewsWhat the Pensions Commission will do – and what it won’t
The government has set out the terms of reference for the Pensions Commission, but also omitted several areas as being “out of scope” – which has led one former pensions minister to warn that the commission has “one arm tied behind its back”.
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People NewsObituary: Sally Greengross
Baroness Sally Greengross, the former chief executive of the International Longevity Centre UK and director-general of Age Concern, has died aged 86.
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NewsPPI launches ‘game-changing’ pensions framework
The Pensions Policy Institute has launched the PPI UK Pensions Framework, an analytical instrument designed to support long-term analysis of how changes in the UK state and private pension systems are impacting the experiences that people have in later life.
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News
UK employees set to work until they drop
On the go: The number of “early retirees” is at a 23-year low, according to latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics, signalling that despite vestiges of ageism the older worker is in the ascendant.
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OpinionIn the same boat?
Editorial: As sales of adult incontinence pads in Japan have reportedly overtaken infant nappies, the effects of demographic change have implications beyond supermarkets’ toiletry shelves.
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Opinion
Looking for a silver lining: Focus shifts to housing wealth as pension incomes hit a high
Analysis: Statistics seem to show that pensioners' incomes are now higher than other people's, but experts say there are many facets to the intergenerational fairness question.