Mr Porter – famed for his excitable delivery – stood down last month after a 30-year commentating career covering track and road cycling. The corporation insisted that the presenter, who led the BBC TV’s coverage throughout the London Olympics, had “moved on to pastures new”. But in an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Porter…

The Liberal Democrats have today set out their policies for older people. The policies include: Restoring the earnings link immediately   No-one to pay tax on the first £10,000 of their income   Scrapping the default retirement age   Fair energy prices   A review of social care   Keeping Post Offices open Commenting, Liberal…

The economic crisis did not have a negative effect on older workers. In fact, most showed increased older worker employment. Comment Criminal sanctions for discrimination do not exist in the UK. But in other countries, they can be common. We discuss whether this is a measure that policymakers in the UK should think about. Comment…

Viewing entries in Post Online In addition to raising insurance premiums for women, there are fears that today’s European Court of Justice ruling that gender based pricing in insurance is illegal, will lead to further challenges with regard to age discrimination. 

On 14 February 2011, the Employers’ Forum on Age reported that the Supreme Court has granted leave to appeal to Leslie Seldon. Mr Seldon claims he was the subject of unlawful age discrimination when, as a partner, he was forced to retire from his law firm in December 2006 because he had reached the age…

Figures published by a Government body have revealed that hundreds of thousands of UK workers are suffering from age discrimination. National statistics from the Citizenship Survey, which was produced by Communities and Local Government, revealed that three per cent of people across the country felt they had been rejected for a job they applied for…

A 66-year-old regular marathon runner was shocked at the high premiums she was confronted with when she needed insurance for her first holiday in six years. Travelling is no longer the preserve of the young, yet many insurers refuse cover to older customers because of fears over the rising cost of medical claims. 66 year…

Men and the elderly will be among the key beneficiaries under a strengthening of Australia’s sex and age discrimination laws. Amendments passed by parliament’s lower house on Thursday aim to provide equal protection for men and to make the choice of becoming a stay-at-home dad a little easier. The Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment…

The move, which was unanimously approved by the Scottish Parliament, will make those older than 65 eligible for jury service. It is aimed at ending age discrimination and relieving the burden of jury service on people of working age.

A lack of treatment or insufficient treatment is contributing to 14,000 deaths a year in people over the age of 75, Macmillan Cancer Support has found, in what it called an ‘unacceptable act of discrimination’. Deaths from cancer are reducing in most age groups but at a slower rate in those aged 74 to 84…