Ros welcomes ONS figures showing the UK population can look forward to longer lives and staying healthy for longer too. This opens up tremendous opportunities for enhanced lives but needs planning for working longer and saving for care needs as well as pensions.
Ros comments on latest employment figures showing record numbers of over 65s at work. This shows a social reovlution is underway, but also indicates the problems faced by those nearing retirement whose pensions have not worked out well.
Ros wrote a blog for the Huffington Post explaining her thoughts on why the aging population is great news.
Ros comments on figures from the ONS showing record numbers of older people in the population, and rising numbers of babies being born too – this is all good news and longer life expectancy means people can keep working part-time at later ages.
Press Release commenting on the latest ONS official figures showing that the numbers working past pension age have doubled in the past ten years
Press Release commenting on latest research from ILC explaining the benefits to society of embracing our ‘bonus years’ which can be the solution to Rethinking Retirement.
Ros comments on figures from CIPD suggesting that more older people are ‘hoarding jobs’ and suggests that these figures are misleading, because there are more people in these age ranges now and many are finding they need to work due to pension shortfalls too.
Ros outlines her vision for a new phase of life, with people working longer but part time, as pensions have not delivered enough to support longer lives adequately.
Ros gave a speech at the Rotary Club in London, explaining the need for new thinking to help fund increasing numbers of older people and help solve the pensions crisis
This is the transcript of Ros’ session at the Westminster Employment Forum conference on Pension Reform.