General Article Ageism is crippling Britain’s economy. We are doomed with no plan to fix it

Topic Selected: Ageing Book Volume: 464

This bizarre bias serves as a reminder that our backwards society remains obsessed with youth.

By Lucy Burton, Employment Editor

Imagine a carer and you’ll most likely picture someone young – in their 20s or 30s. Yet there is nothing to say it has to be so.

My grandma’s carer Tina threw herself i...

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