The social care crisis goes on
1.4 million older people in this country struggle each day without the help and support they need to live well. Regular readers of Mature Times will be only too aware of the ongoing crisis in social c ...
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Navigating unchartered waters
The U.K. is moving into uncharted waters. Never have so many lived for so long. Fifty years ago only around one in ten of the population were over 65. Today it is one in six and expected to reach one ...
Thousands being targeted by TV licence fraudsters
Charity predicts the number could rise significantly from June 2020 and calls on the next government to restore free TV licences for over-75s More older people are likely to be targeted by fraudsters ...
Inheritance tax take on the increase
Whilst those who are liable to pay inheritance tax are fairly modest in overall number terms, just 28,100 estates according to recent figures released by the Inland Revenue, the amount of money that t ...