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Brownies fight to keep 'too old' leader

06.10.09
Brownie pack fights to keep its leader after Girl Guide chiefs ordered her to quit her voluntary post for being too old... more

Boris wants to move older council tenants out of city to make way for families

30.09.09
Hundreds of council tenants could be moved out of London to free up family-sized homes in the city centre... more

Firms can continue to make staff retire at 65

25.09.09
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BBC may break law recruiting older newsreader

25.09.09
BBC insists it will press ahead with plans to recruit older female newsreader, despite warnings that it could breach employment laws... more

More must be done for the young jobless

12.08.09
It's a hard time to be young right now, at least in economic terms. Unemployment figures released today suggest that one in five people under 25 is without work ... more

Get a grip, Trevor Phillips told as MPs probe equality watchdog

27.07.09
MPs are to investigate Britain's equalities watchdog which is in turmoil over its leader Trevor Phillips... more

Ageing workforce may bring end to retirement at 65

13.07.09
Compulsory retirement age could be scrapped under radical plans to allow more people to work beyond 65, the Government announced... more

Can’t get an allotment plot? Then help the over-60s dig their gardens

07.07.09
Londoners desperate for an allotment are being given the chance to adopt an elderly person’s garden and help maintain it instead... more

Politicians must hand back power to the people

04.06.09
The current political crisis is a transformation that demands a fundamental shift in the way we think about democracy ... more

Now crash victims get right to die

17.04.09
Paramedics are being ordered not to resuscitate patients who want to die after a serious accident, the Standard can reveal... more

Ages of man at the Donmar

07.01.09
Dozens of students and pensioners are to tread the boards of a West End stage in an education project by the Donmar Warehouse... more

Minus 10 - it's colder than the Antarctic

06.01.09
The big chill tightened its grip on London and the South-East with temperatures as low as -10C - colder than parts of Greenland and the Antarctic... more

£65bn wiped off value of company pension schemes

31.12.08
Company pensions have taken a massive hit in the recession, with billions of pounds wiped off the value of schemes to support retiring employees... more

Women get 'fairer deal' on top-ups for a better state pension

24.10.08
Hundreds of thousands of women are set to get new rights to pay top-ups to get a full State pension... more

Women to get 'fairer deal' on state pension

24.10.08
Hundreds of thousands of women are set to get new rights to pay top-ups to get a full state pension... more

Gamingking slots into Orb Holdings

02.09.08
Private clubs lottery supplier Gamingking has agreed a reverse takeover of the country’s second largest supplier of fruit machines and snooker tables to pubs... more

E.ON puts annual power bills up by £227

21.08.08
E.ON became the latest energy firm to hit households with steep hikes in gas and electricity prices... more

Bank chief: two years of high inflation to come

17.06.08
Record oil prices and soaring supermarket bills will keep the rate of inflation high for another two years, the Bank of England has warned... more

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