Older Londoners Letter

The London Assembly Economy Committee has written to the Mayor of London outlining ways to improve financial security and employment opportunities for older Londoners.

The letter makes a number of recommendations:

• The Mayor should promote the GLA as an age-friendly employer and sign the Agefriendly Employer Pledge. He should also encourage other employers in London, including the rest of the GLA Group and local authorities, to sign up to the pledge.
• The Mayor should develop an Employers Toolkit for older Londoners in the city to help employers become age-friendly, based on similar examples in other parts of the UK.
• The Mayor should report back to the Committee on the impact of his campaign to boost the uptake of Pension Credit amongst older Londoners. He should inform the Committee of his plans to scale up this campaign and identify other proactive ways to improve the uptake of Pension Credit in London. He should also lobby the Government to do more to raise awareness of Pension Credit in London, and to explore options for simplifying the application process.