Age UK London hosts the London Age-friendly Transport group, which is a working group of the London Age-friendly Forum. We meet regularly to discuss what more can be done to make travelling in London more age-friendly.
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Mayoral candidate blog – Sadiq Khan
Age UK London recently hosted its Older Londoners’ Election Hustings 2021 and have also released its Manifesto.
We asked the leading London Mayoral Candidates if they would write a blog post for older Londoners. Here we have the fifth piece from Sadiq Khan, the Labour candidate.
Mayoral candidate blog – Sian Berry
Age UK London recently hosted its Older Londoners’ Election Hustings 2021 and have also released its Manifesto. We asked the leading London Mayoral Candidates if they would write a blog post for older Londoners. Here we have the fourth piece from Sian Berry, the Green candidate.
Mayoral candidate blog – Shaun Bailey
It is crucial that we have a city that works for everyone, including older Londoners who have experienced our city’s history and can guide us towards the future. My grandfather was a Windrush immigrant who fought for Britain in the Second World War. His grandson is the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London. This story is only possible in London.
Mayoral candidate blog – Luisa Porritt
Age UK London recently hosted its Older Londoners’ Election Hustings 2021 and have also released its Manifesto.
We asked the top London Mayoral Candidates if they would write a blog post for older Londoners. Here we have the second piece, from Luisa Purrit, the Liberal Democrat candidate.
Mayoral candidate blog – Mandu Reid
Age UK London recently hosted its Older Londoners’ Election Hustings 2021 and have also released its Manifesto.
We asked the top London Mayoral Candidates if they would write a blog post for older Londoners. Here we have the first piece, from Mandu Reid, Leader of the Women’s Equality Party.
Six reasons why we welcome commitments to protect the 60+ Oyster Card
Age UK London have been campaigning to protect older Londoners’ travel concessions, which include the Freedom Pass and 60+ Oyster card. New limits on when these concessions could be used and the threat of cuts meant there was a very real danger that these lifelines for so many people might disappear en
City recovery planning from COVID and older people
Shortly after COVID arrived, demands were made to use it as the opportunity to do things differently, just as cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century led to clean water supplies and sewage systems. This is summarised as ‘Build Back Better’ — the wake-up call that COVID exacerbated problems, requiring us to come together and plan to improves people’s lives and prosperity.
Fighting to save travel concessions
Before breakfast on Sunday 1st November we learnt that the new funding deal for Transport for London (TfL) did not include cuts or additional restrictions on older Londoners’ travel concessions (primarily the Older Persons’ Freedom Pass and the 60+ Oyster card). The previous 48-hours had been a time of anxious waiting.
A new poverty challenge: London’s next generation of older people
The fall in the proportion of older people living in poverty has been one of the great public policy success stories of recent decades. In the mid 90s, it was fairly common to see press stories of older people eking out pensions, huddled under blankets unable to afford fuel, or living on cheap, poorly