The living standards of pensioners in the UK continue to be a concern both for government and for society in general. With the proportion of the population aged 65 and over projected to increase sharply over the next few decades, this is an issue of increasing importance.

A new IFS report, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the IFS retirement saving consortium and the Economic and Social Research Council, will present new projections of the changing shape of the population aged 65 and over through to the early 2020s. This will include: 

  • the evolution of the income distribution and the pattern of wealth holding among different types of older households;
  • trends in household composition, employment and health among those aged 65 and over;
  • patterns of provision and receipt of informal care, and receipt of both disability benefits and formal care, among the older household population; and
  • the estimated impact of planned and potential reforms to the tax and benefit system on the financial circumstances of these households. 

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