John Cridland, CBI Deputy Director-General, comments on the proposals.

The government has announced plans to scrap the default retirement age in the UK from October 2011.

More older workers are likely to find an "invisible wall" of ageism between them and a new job, resulting in greater numbers being stuck in long-term unemployment, charity Age UK has warned.

Figures published by a Government body have revealed that hundreds of thousands of UK workers are suffering from age discrimination.

Removing the default retirement age could have unwelcome consequences if the issues involved are not widely debated

Thousands of over-60s whoget short-changed when it comes to diagnosing serious illness, despite awareness campaigns and government initiatives.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have been given an Employers Forum on Age (EFA) award for their work on tackling age discrimination in the work place.

Former newsreader Selina Scott delivers a blistering account of her report into ageism and sexism within the BBC.

Dr. Robert Butler, a Pulitzer Prize-winning expert on aging who coined the phrase "ageism," has died in New York City, his daughter said Tuesday. He was 83.

New employment tribunal statistics show a significant rise in the number of age discrimination claims submitted.

Department of Health and NHS criticised for making too little progress on tackling key barometer of inequality

Older women with breast cancer are having their lives put at risk by age discrimination in the NHS, experts warned yesterday.

A majority of older people do not want to be forced to retire at 65, according to a survey.

Women over the age of 40 could get free fertility treatment on the NHS for the first time as the Health Service may have to scrap controversial age limits for IVF to avoid the threat of being sued under age discrimination laws.

Government proposals to abolish the Default Retirement Age will hit businesses and lead to an increase in expensive employment tribunal claims, the Confederation of British Industry warns.

Work and pensions secretary Ian Duncan Smith and pensions minister Steve Webb announce plans "to reinvigorate the pension landscape".

Workers will win the right to stay in their jobs beyond the age of 65 next year.

No woman is safe in television once she reaches 45, according to a Countryfile presenter who is suing the BBC for age and sex discrimination.

The Ministry of Justice yesterday closed a consultation paper seeking comments on how old jurors should be.

The Mail reports that the BBC is facing a rapidly increasing number of claims for age discrimination by its female staff.

The United States Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public briefing on Friday 11 June 2010 in Washington D.C. with a panel of experts to examine the recession, unemployment and the effects on older workers.

Construction giant Bovis Lend Lease is facing an age discrimination and unfair dismissal claim from a former in-house lawyer.

The Public and Commercial Services Union's victory in challenging the removal of redundancy benefits leaves entrenched a potentially age discriminatory scheme.

A leading pensions guru has said pension credits could be phased out temporarily by the new coalition Government as a compromise over state pension reform.

Having already won £40,000, an NHS manager received an extra £147,000 in her age discrimination claim.

The new coalition Government has been revealing some of its proposed new policies. We take a quick look at how some of their proposals might affect older people.

In the horse trading between the Government and Opposition that took place in the run up to the election, the Equality Bill received Royal Assent. Richard Walsh comments on the impact of the age discrimination provisions on the insurance industry.

Pioneering research from the University of Reading is being used to enhance the taste of hospital food to help prevent or treat malnutrition in older people. The project is supported by celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal and funded by Age UK.

A recent Bitish Youth Council survey reveals the most important issues for young people ahead of the General Election.

"Liberal Democrats will change things for older people, putting fairness into social care and pensions," said the Liberal Democrat Leader.

Age UK Charity Director Michelle Mitchell comments on the three main parties' manifestos

Older voters could hold the key to the outcome of the general election, research commissioned by the charity Age UK suggests.

Women at the top of the BBC are to blame for age discrimination against female presenters, claims the former newsreader Selina Scott.

Older teachers feel they are being pushed aside and treated unfairly, a teachers' conference is to be told.

Age discrimination remains rife in the insurance industry according to research by Age Concern and Help the Aged. Half of motor insurers and a third of travel insurers automatically exclude people aged 80 plus seeking quotes, irrespective of their health

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The Chancellor’s commitment to a formal consultation on reforms to the Default Retirement Age will cause employers to review how they implement their pensions provision, according to Carol Dempsey reward partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

EMPLOYERS practising age discrimination by failing to hire experienced staff could be missing out on adding huge value to their business, according to a recruitment services and training provider.

World affairs editor says discrimination comes from top of the Corporation.

A case brought by a senior Catholic police officer against the PSNI alleging religious and age discrimination has been settled.

Colin Carlson, a 13-year-old student at the University of Connecticut, has claimed he is the victim of age discrimination after being denied enrollment in a class that requires field work in Africa.

Diane Stradling accused Anglia TV of age discrimination, but was unsuccessful in her claim against them.

A new poll shows that many young people have experienced age discrimination.

Unite the union denounces British Airways for trying to overturn a ruling saying its policy of dismissing female cabin crew at 45 was age discriminatory.

The number of people forced to retire at 65 quadruples in a year as employers take advantage of laws during the recession, charities warned.

Politicians are being urged to scrap the default retirement age amid concerns that employers have used it to save costs during the recession.

The Age Concern and Help the Aged pre-election manifesto is challenging all political parties to commit to scrapping forced retirement legislation.

Overhauling the outdated laws that govern the care provided to elderly and disabled people will save unnecessary red tape, delays and litigation, and public money.

Presenter Lisa Aziz is leaving ITV for ''personal reasons'', it has been announced.

Older women with breast cancer are less likely to receive surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy to treat it, a charity has warned.

A senior Catholic police officer is to take a case against the PSNI alleging religious and age discrimination.

An EU funded research project is looking at why the elderly are excluded from clincial trials and is working on a charter that opposes discrimination against the elderly.

Donald Steele, who has died aged 76, was a leading campaigner for improvements in social policy for older people. From 1993 onwards, Don was director of social policy for the Association of Retired and People over 50.

The insurance industry is discriminating against older people with half of motor insurers refusing to offer quotes to people aged over 80, a charity has said.

A serial litigant is believed to have earned thousands of pounds by bombarding employers with claims of ageism simply because they used the words “school leaver” or “recent graduate” in job advertisements.

An employment tribunal condemned the Prison Service for discriminating against a 22 year old woman.

A BBC presenter who was dropped from the corporation’s rural affairs programme along with other women in their forties and fifties has become the first broadcaster to sue the BBC for age discrimination.

The European Commission on Thursday sent a letter of formal notice to Greece calling it to comply with European Court ruling concerning equality of retirement age between men-women.

Merged charity rejects government's case for limiting scope of discrimination ban.

Liberal Democrat Euro MP, Liz Lynne, a long-time campaigner against age discrimination, has welcomed a call by the Equality Commission to abolish compulsory retirement ages.

Car insurance quotes are being denied to those over 80 years old, Age Concern and Help the Aged has discovered in new research.

Holiday companies and insurance firms will be able to avoid a ban on age discrimination in goods and services, the Government has announced.

Millions of older people will be able to lengthen their working lives under proposals from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to scrap the compulsory retirement age of 65.

Older workers have fared relatively well during this recession. That’s just as well, because with dwindling pension pots and increased life expectancy, there will soon be far more of them. But are organisations prepared for more people working longer?

A policy of health testing older taxi drivers in Aberdeen could be revoked because of discrimination fears.

Employees could keep a job into their 70s and 80s under Harriet Harman's plan to scrap forced retirement

Bosses at ITV have denied that a journalist lost her job because of age discrimination. Dianne Stradling, 53, had been a familiar face on news bulletins broadcast by ITV Anglia until February last year when she was made redundant.

Gurkha veterans fail in test case claiming the MoD discriminated against them on grounds of nationality and age.

The Social Market Foundation has warned that the primary focus on the rise in youth unemployment is misguided and excessive because it leads to policy responses that concentrate on the young to the exclusion of other unemployed people.

A new academic report, co published by The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) explores the reflections, projections and interpretations of work and career to date of people approaching 60.

Equalities minister warns that ageism within the corporation is annoying its viewers

TWO former Anglia TV reporters are today launching legal action against the broadcaster over claims they were victims of unfair dismissal and age discrimination.

SAGA has successfully lobbied for an specific exemption from the Equality Bill to cover holidays. The Equality Bill, currently before the House of Lords, will prohibit age discrimination in the provision of goods and services.

Elderly patients are being left humiliated and distressed by delays when they call for assistance on hospital wards, a new survey shows.

Fifteen female international cabin crew who are alleging age and race discrimination on the part of their former employer, British Airways, will have their case heard today before the Employment Appeals Tribunal.

More than 70% of older workers now plan to work beyond the state retirement age

Lawyers are joining forces to try and combat a spate of compensation claims from 'serial' litigants said to be capable of earning up to £50,000 a year from "fake" claims based on alleged breaches of age discrimination legislation.

To prepare health and social care services for new anti-age discrimination laws, the Government is calling for peoples’ views on the likely implications.

Former ITV newsreader Liza Aziz claims that she suffered age discrimination after being replaced by "four blondes in their twenties and thirties".

Europe's regions have a key role to play in ensuring that anti age discrimination legislation is effectively implemented, West Midlands MEP Liz Lynne has said.

Why are member states discriminating against the anti-discrimination directive? Nicholas Beger, Director of Amnesty International's EU Office, comments on a proposals for new EU legislation to combat discrimination.

Only a third of workers think that they will work until they are over 65 and just one in ten believes they will still be working in their 70s.

Around one in six people in Europe claim to have personally experienced discrimination in the past year, according to a new opinion survey released by the European Commission today.

Andy Burnham, the health secretary, today admitted that age discrimination in the NHS exists and needs to be stamped out.

The state pension age should rise to 70 as soon as "reasonably practical", company directors have argued.

Contract compliance is working well as an instrument of social reform and divertsity promotion but not well enough to extend its use to combat age discrimination.

The new Supreme Court risks wasting some of its best talent unless the judges' retirement age is raised to 75, the chamber's head said yesterday.

The UK has experienced an unprecedented demographic shift, with the numbers of young people dwindling as the older section of the population increases. This is because people are living longer and staying active until much later in life.

Life expectancy increases by 15 minutes every hour. Fit and healthy 65-year-old men can expect to live to 88 and women longer still. By the time a man now starting his career reaches 65, he might expect to live until almost 100.

The retirement age should be scrapped as millions of pensioners are still in poverty despite Government efforts to lift them out of it, MPs say.

On 13 July 2009, the Government published its proposals for supporting an ageing population, ‘Building a society for all ages’ .

The BBC faces fresh criticism for age discrimination in relation to its TV stars.

Workers are forced by the Government to leave their jobs at 65 just to make life easier for businesses, the High Court has heard.

A review of the default retirement age, which allows employers to compel staff to retire at 65, is to be brought forward by a year, the government says.

On Monday 29th June 2009, a consultation document setting out how policy proposals for exceptions from the age discrimination ban are being developed was published.

The Equality Bill was introduced into the House of Commons in April. It contains a number of measures intended to combat age discrimination.

The Court of Appeal recently handed down Rolls Royce v Unite in which the legality of length of service criterion as part of a redundancy selection matrix was considered.

Chief executive of Cumbria Primary Care Trust claims her dismissal of a NHS boss saved the taxpayer more than £500,000.

Coinciding with the introduction of the Equality Bill into parliament, MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee are pushing to have the default retirement age abolished.

A 69 year old waiter has bought a claim for age discrimination against a luxury hotel who dismissed him in favour of younger waiters. The Claimant is claiming £115, 000 in compensation.

Lewis Silkin partner Hazel Oliver contributes to the debate

The long awaited judgment in the Heyday case, which challenges the UK default retirement age, will be heard by the ECJ on 5th March 2009.

Ms Scott's contract to replace Natasha Kaplinsky was allegedly cancelled in favour of two younger replacements.

German survivor's pension claim rejected.

Age discrimination claims lodged with the Irish Equality Tribunal between January and June 2008 have increased by 150% over the same period last year.

There were 2,652 age discrimination claims lodged in 2007/8, up from 739 in 2006/07.