What's this all about, eh?
Pensions Minister to debate retirement income prospects of Generation X
Future of Ageing 2020 (virtual conference)
Date: Thursday 3 December 2020
Time: 9.00am - 5.30pm
The future of ageing?! What's that all about? 'Nothing changes, boss. They give birth astride of a grave. The light gleams an instant. Then it's night once more.' Christ! Yes, thank you, Voice. Try to be a bit more positive. 'Ha!' Uh.
On 3 December, Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion Guy Opperman MP will debate the retirement income prospects of Generation X (those born between 1965 and 1980) at this year's Future of Ageing conference.
Ha! Generation X. That includes me. But my songs are my only pension. 'The way things are going, no one will have a pension anyway, boss.' Yes, Voice.
New research by the International Longevity Centre UK to be launched at the conference will explore how policymakers can support Generation X as they approach retirement in the next 10 - 30 years.
In a session entitled "The forgotten generation? Retirement income prospects for Gen X in times of The Thing and beyond" (11.00am - 11.45am), Guy Opperman MP, Head of Policy Research at the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) Daniela Silcock and former MP and Shadow Minister for Pensions Nigel Waterson will discuss:
How do Generation X feel about their retirement income prospects?
Are Generation X financially prepared for retirement?
What can be done to ensure that the next generation of retirees have comfortable retirement incomes and savings?
Attendees at this year's Future of Ageing conference will also have the opportunity to engage in discussions such as:
"Has The Thing reignited a young vs old competition for jobs?": 3.25pm – 4.10pm
"Home sweet home - Meeting the housing needs of young and old": 11.45 – 12.30pm
Future of Ageing 2020 will explore how we can make policy and practice work for both today's and tomorrow's older and younger people, in the context of the post-Thing recovery and beyond.
Right. Listen to me, kook(s). You need to get rich or die tryin', you dig? The big time or ... the cold, cruel sea, man. That's it. Bodhi didn't have a bloody pension, did he?
Other speakers include:
Cat Smith MP, UK Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Young People.
Sir Andrew Dilnot
Sir Michael Marmot
Sir Jonathon Porritt
Sophie Howe. Welsh Future Generations commissioner
And more…
And more?! Who are these "more"?! We need to know!
There are a limited number of press passes available.
Okay, okay. 'Will you be going, boss?' No. 'It's online.' So?
ENDS
No! Not ENDS. Not yet.
About ILC
The ILC is the UK's specialist think tank on the impact of longevity on society, and what happens next.
The International Longevity Centre UK was established in 1997 as one of the members of the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance, an international network on longevity.
Since our inception, we have published over 250 reports, organized over 300 events including the annual Future of Ageing conference.
We work with central government, local government, the private sector, and professional and academic associations in the UK and across the world to provoke conversations and pioneer solutions for a society where everyone can thrive, regardless of age.
Okay, okay.
ENDS
...
Anything else? Music?
I was watching something on YouTube yesterday about Gary Numan being depressed and in debt.
I only watched a bit of it because ... it was too depressing.
But I got the basic idea.
Okay.
Listen! My BIG TEN will be up there with the BIG TENs of Beatles, Oasis, and U2, BUT(!) ... that won't be good enough for me. No! I'll keep working hard to push the weaker songs from the list.
I really need five more like these -
Nothing
This World Don't Mean a Thing
Malibu
Stella
What's This Life We Live?
Thinking logically, like ... if I can write those five, I can write another five ... because the first five can't be a fluke, can they? Not five!
'It doesn't work that way with other songwriters, Mikey. They write a few great songs, and then ... they have a rest for forty or fifty years.'
Ha!
Later(s), crocodile(s)!
