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Our legislative work aims to provide information to MPs and peers about how proposed legislation affects later life and how their work could improve the lives of older people. We produce briefings on key Bills to outline our position as an organisation and key priorities for people in later life.
Here are a selection of recent and important documents. For related Age UK publications please use the search box below to carry out a more comprehensive search.
Queen's Speech 2012 Briefing (PDF 151KB)
Budget 2012 Briefing (PDF 134KB)
Joint Financial Services Bill Briefing: Access and Inclusion (PDF 336KB)
Financial Services Bill Briefing: House of Commons Committee Stage (PDF 151KB)
Pension Credit and Universal Credit Briefing (PDF 229KB)
Localism Bill 2nd Reading (PDF 104KB)
Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhood (PDF 72KB)
Localism Bill - 2nd Reading (HL) (PDF 455KB)
Pensions Bill - 2nd Reading (PDF 173KB)
Health and Social Care Bill second reading briefing (Sept 11) (PDF 164KB)
Pensions Bill briefing - report stage (Oct 2011) (PDF 103KB)
Response to the Chancellor's 2011 autumn statement (PDF, 63KB)
All of our Parliamentary Briefings are available to read on the Document Library
Read our briefings on a number of subjects
Age UK’s 2010 election manifesto Our Power is Our Number highlighted our six challenges to politicians of all parties:
Age UK's Local Election Briefing 2011 (PDF 104KB)
279 local authorities in England are holding elections on Thursday 5 May 2011. This briefing outlines a number of current issues which Age UK believes councils need to address to secure better outcomes for older people. Using a series of questions the briefing sets out specific challenges to prompt discussion in the run up to the elections between prospective councillor candidates and the people they seek to serve.
Our Power is Our Number: Age UK's 2010 Election Manifesto (PDF 1.8MB)
Age Concern’s 2005 UK-wide election manifesto called on politicians to end the scandal of pensioner poverty, stop age discrimination and improve public services.
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This factsheet, which is updated on a monthly basis, is the most up-to-date source of publicly available, general information on people in later life in the UK.
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