Later Life Ambitions
Later Life Ambitions aims to encourage today’s decision makers to confront the challenges of tomorrow.
About Later Life Ambitions
Later Life Ambitions brings together the collective voices of over a quarter of a million pensioners through the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners, the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance, and the National Association of Retired Police Officers Association. Our members have ambitious aspirations for the next generation of pensioners. From fair pensions to safe and sustainable care services, and from accessible housing to regular bus services to promote independence, we require bold and forward-looking action from our political leaders. With your support, we want to change the terms of the debate – to focus on the ambitions of pensioners rather than the perceived ‘costs’ to the rest of society. So we urge you to join us in calling for an aspirational and ambitious future for those in later life.
News & Views
What does the Queen’s Speech mean for those in later life?
Last week, the State Opening of Parliament took place, marked by the Queen’s Speech, which sets out the Government’s legislative priorities for the next parliamentary session. The speech was packed full of legislation that the Government were supposed to pass last session, but the pandemic and the temporary shut-down of Parliament put them severely behind schedule. As a result, there was little new information in the Queen’s Speech, but there were several elements that could impact our members and older people more generally.
Later Life Ambitions Quarterly Update
The beginning of 2021 was difficult for all of us, with a second wave of the coronavirus causing further lockdowns and the picture for our economy looking more uncertain than ever. As the first quarter progressed, we saw some hope with the announcement of the roadmap and the scaling-up of a vaccine programme.
What does the 2021 Budget mean for older people?
It will have come as no surprise that the Budget, like most other headlines, was dominated by COVID-19, the need to protect jobs and re-build our economy. It’s welcome news that the Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that the economy will recover faster than anticipated and whilst the UK’s vaccination programmes is promising, it’s clear that the economic impact of the pandemic will take years to recover from. We’ve analysed the 2021 Budget and here are our seven key takeaways for older people:
Contact us
Later Life Ambitions is about communicating the real voices of pensioners, and future pensioners to politicians and policy makers. To do, this we need your involvement. We are calling upon older people, and their friends and family, to share their stories, and experiences, to ensure that we are able to fully represent your views.
Please get in touch with us at laterlife@connectpa.co.uk, call 020 7592 9592 or follow us on Twitter.
Campaign partners
Media
- Later Life Ambitions works with ARCO on social care and older people’s housing.
- Later Life Ambitions works with ARCO on care in later life housing.
- Later Life Ambitions works with McCarthy and Stone to pressure the Government to cut stamp duty for older people looking to downsize.
- Later Life Ambitions comments on end of free TV licences for all pensioners.