Taking a longer-term view: do we need a new intergenerational contract?

Taking a longer-term view: do we need a new intergenerational contract?

Back in May 2018 the House of Lords appointed a Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision. The Committee, which published its report in April 2019, found that while the relationship between older and younger generations was defined by mutual support and affection; an ageing population, the global financial crisis and successive Government policies had […]

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Are rural areas falling through the net?

The digital divide is the gap between people who have full access to digital technologies and those who do not. COVID-19 has underlined the importance of access to and comfort with technology.  Throughout the pandemic the internet and digital devices have played a vital role in enabling people to access services, attend medical appointments, use […]

How can we maintain a universal postal service in rural areas?

How can we maintain a universal postal service in rural areas?

The ‘one-price-goes-anywhere, six-days-a-week’ Universal Service Obligation has been seen by successive Governments as part of our social and economic fabric. But do the requirements of the universal service reflect the needs of rural users – and how can we ensure the service is financially viable and sustainable? Jessica Sellick investigates.  How does the UK postal […]

An expanding waistline – are we piling on the pounds in rural areas?

An expanding waistline – are we piling on the pounds in rural areas?

Since the pandemic began, clinical studies have reported that many of the sickest COVID-19 patients have been people with obesity. Large population studies are being published in academic journals cementing this association. An analysis of 75 studies (some 399,000 patients) published in Obesity Reviews, for example, found people with obesity who contracted COVID-19 were 113% […]

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