The age of politics
With Jeremy Corbyn winning the Labour Party leadership election by a substantial majority it seems that the question of his age is so much more important than his politics, according to the media. At ...
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Only 5% of people over 50 ‘very confident’ they would get the care they need.
More than half (53%) of the UK’s over 50s – that equates to 12.4 million people – are not confident that they will get the care they need towards the end of their life, according to a new survey commi ...
Nice sermon vicar…
Hello and welcome to my new blog here with Mature Times. I have to admit that I first wrote a column in the newspaper some years ago for this august organ before I was a vicar and before I was in any ...
Christmas cheer falls short for 60% of older people
While many of us are looking forward to spending time with family and friends and getting stuck into festive fun, new research from Age UK shows that for older people Christmas cheer often falls short ...