The UK population is getting older and faces deep financial, emotional and
health issues. In the latest part of our series on the fallout from the nation's
'age quake', we examine how a crisis will affect us all as company pension
schemes collapse and stock market failures hit private policies. Ruth Sunderland
reports on a generation who face working into their seventies - or living out
their old age in penury
Immigrants who want to become British citizens will win bonus points if they
go to live and work in
Scotland
, where the
population
is ageing,
Jim Murphy
, the Scottish
secretary, announced today.
Japan's population had its sharpest decline ever last year as deaths outnumbered births, posing an escalating economic threat to growth prospects amid a global recession.
The world is about to cross a demographic landmark of huge social and economic
importance, with the proportion of the global
population
65 and over set
to outnumber children under five for the first time
A dramatic 'age quake' is shaking Britain as the country grows older - for the first time ever, the number of people over 65 exceeds those under 16. Here, in the start of a new series looking at the profound financial, emotional and practical issues faced by a rising number of Britons, we report on the best places for retired people to live across the UK.
For the first time ever, the number of Britons over 65 exceeds those under 16. As the country grows older, the demand is growing for people to be able to work beyond pensionable age. And with advanced years comes growing political power - so the debate about retirement age is set to intensify