A secure retirement for all? Older people and New Labour

Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781861345783.003.0008

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“…With the available data, we cannot capture this, so might be under-estimating levels of care provided away from the carer's own home. Evandrou and Falkingham (2005), in their review of the impact of New Labour's approach to providing for the care of older people, highlight how, as resources become increasingly targeted at those requiring intensive support, those with moderate support needs are receiving less help and, as a result, are increasingly reliant on ad hoc help. The 'State of Social Care in England 2006' (CSCI, 2008 acknowledges that the care provided across the UK varies in availability and quality.…”

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Unpaid Caring Within and Outside the Carer's Home in England and Wales

Norman

Purdam

2012

Population Space and Place

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AcknowledgementsThis research uses Census data obtained via the Sample of Anonymised Records (SARs) support team at CCSR, a service supported by ESRC. The Census data for England and Wales have been provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). These data are Crown copyright and are reproduced with permission of OPSI. The authors are very grateful to the anonymous referees for their constructive and useful comments on this paper. We find a strong geographical relationship between levels of illness and of unpaid care. However, when this is disaggregated by whether the care is provided within or outside of the household we find that care away from the home is likely to be outside the geographical area in which the carer lives. Our individual level analyses suggest associations between rates of unpaid caring and a person's age, gender, ethnicity, social class and the carer's own health status. Moreover, these relationships are different for people who provide care within or outside of their own household.Our findings have important implications for our understanding of the dynamics of caring and for service providers at a national and local level and also for government focus on independent living for people with social care needs and those in later old age. Unpaid carers who do not live with people they care for are likely to face different demands. Support is needed both for themselves and for the people for whom they care.

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Unpaid Caring Within and Outside the Carer's Home in England and Wales

Norman

Purdam

2012

Population Space and Place

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“…Despite the fact that there has been a decrease in the number of pensioners living in poverty the government has been criticized for this reliance on means testing to tackle pensioner poverty (Fawcett Society, 2006;Ginn, 2003). In 2004/5 between 810,000 and 1.5 million fewer pensioners were in poverty than would have been without the reforms (Evandrou and Falkingham, 2005). In addition to the Pension Credit, benefits-in-kind have been introduced such as free television licences for people aged 75 and over, free eye tests for people aged 60 and over and Winter Fuel Payments.…”

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“…However, some individuals may mis-purchase Stakeholder Pensions as they are not appropriate to their circumstances. Furthermore as there are no set levels of contributions individuals may undersave (Evandrou and Falkingham, 2005). In practice they have proved to be popular among dependants of wealthy professionals who have been able to maximize the tax advantages and loopholes while working class households, especially lone mothers and low-paid women, are penalized (Mann, 2001).…”

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“…The promotion of a discourse of responsibility in negotiating changing economic risks places many women without the means to ensure adequate retirement savings in a particularly difficult predicament, especially those with an interrupted work history. Their situation in retirement may be largely dependent on the pension of a partner or, if this is not possible, means-tested state benefits (Evandrou and Falkingham, 2005). However, recent changes in government policy have been wide ranging and have resulted in the future reintroduction of a basic State Pension linked to earnings rather than prices.…”

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Towards a new political economy of pensions? The implications for women

Foster

2010

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This article employs a political economy approach to assess the changing nature of women's pension provision. Initially it provides an overview of the current context showing that many female pensioners are without access to significant pension entitlements in their own right. Then it examines the history of women's pensions over the last 30 years with reference to both state and private forms of provision. It considers the pension strategies of Thatcher and New Labour governments and their impact on women's pension situation. This includes an evaluation of recent New Labour proposals, such as Personal Accounts, a raise in the basic State Pension age and reintroduction of the link to earnings. Finally, the paper concludes that these proposals do not represent the emergence of a new political economy of pensions which better reflects the needs of female pensioners rather they are a response to the challenges of an ageing population.

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“…Implicitly it means that the poorest members of society are supported at the expense of some homeowners. The government's notion of fairness is defensible, but in practice means testing creates as many problems as it solves 7. It can lead to a failure to claim entitlements, and the stigma of means testing can lead to anger and distress among older people and their families.…”

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