Ageing population

The 1979 one-child law has left an ageing population and a gender imbalance. On Friday, the Chinese lawmakers announced they will allow families to have two children.

What bright ideas would light up the UK economy for you? George Osborne has set out his plan for economic recovery, but Channel 4 News wanted to find out what people on the street would like to see.

Chancellor George Osborne raises the pension age to 69 in the autumn statement, but says we’re all in it together. Are young people being targeted unfairly in the name of economic recovery?

Britain’s elderly population is growing according to new figures, with a five-fold increase in the number of centenarians over the last three decades.

A small study shows for the first time that eating healthily, doing yoga and hanging out with friends does not just slow the ageing process – it may actually reverse it on a cellular level.

Table tennis, ping pong, wiff-waff: call it what you will, it’s increasingly popular in the UK, with 2.4 million players. Now there are suggestions it could even help with conditions like dementia.

As a review recommends phasing out controversial national guidelines for care of the dying – which led to nurses shouting at families for giving patients water – is it time to re-think how we die?

An independent review of the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway, the national guideline for care of the dying, is expected to recommend that it is phased out.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says better-off older people should hand back benefits like free bus passes and free TV licences if they do not need them.

In the week a Lords report warns that the country is “woefully unprepared” to cater for its growing population of over-65s, our Google Hangout asks how we can tackle the issue.

The country is not ready to meet the challenges of an ageing society, according to a new Lords report, which wants all parties to make a manifesto commitment to tackle the issue.

Five disabled people are challenging a plan to change the way their care is funded by the government, arguing it undermines the state’s duty to promote independent living for the disabled.