Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has criticised proposals from the Centre for a Better Britain to replace the universal State Pension, over time, with a means-tested safety net. The report says entitlements already accrued would be protected, while future retirees would become increasingly reliant on private investment accounts.

Discussion about retirement security is often reduced to the annual State Pension increase. Pensions Awareness Week should prompt a broader question: what do people need to live securely and independently throughout later life?

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed indications that the State Pension could rise by up to £488 next April, while warning that financial security in later life depends on more than the headline pension rate.

Responding to calls from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) to scrap the pension triple lock and redirect the savings towards measures to boost youth employment...

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed Age UK’s new Digital Done Right report, which finds that only 15% of over-65s in England are fully digitally included. A further 25% are partially digitally excluded, while 13% – equivalent to 1.4 million people – do not go online at all. The report’s call to protect face-to-face banking reflects LLA’s recent work with the Athena Foundation and the APPG for Fair Banking. Through a parliamentary roundtable and wider engagement, LLA has

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed the Institute for Public Policy Research’s (IPPR) new report, Taxing Times: Policies, Politics, and Principles, as a contribution to the debate about how Britain prepares for an ageing society, while warning against treating older people as a single wealthy group.

New figures showing the continued importance of cash have highlighted the need to protect access to face-to-face banking services and ATMs.

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement that time restrictions on bus passes for people with disabilities in England will be removed from April 2027, allowing eligible passengers to travel for free at any time of day.

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) welcomes the Centre for Ageing Better’s new report, Making Workplaces Work for Everyone: Closing the Gap Between Ambition and Action for Disabled Older Workers. It finds that too many employers recognise the importance of inclusive practices without putting them into effect.

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) welcomes today’s announcement that the Casey Commission will be brought forward, alongside a greater focus on reforming the social care workforce.

Later Life Ambitions has welcomed Independent Age’s new report, The Only Way is Up, which examines how improving take-up of financial entitlements could reduce pensioner poverty and pressure on health and social care services.

Later Life Ambitions welcomes Independent Age’s new report, Missing out on millions, which highlights the scale of Council Tax Reduction going unclaimed by older people on low incomes.

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has warned that scrapping the State Pension triple lock would risk pushing more older people into hardship unless a credible replacement is put in place to protect pensioners from falling behind on the cost of living.

In advance of the Westminster Hall debate on the State Pension tax threshold, Alan Lees, Chief Executive of the National Association of Retired Police Officers and a spokesperson for Later Life Ambitions (LLA), said: “The growing number of pensioners being dragged into paying income tax is a direct consequence of frozen tax thresholds and rising living costs.

LONDON, 14 MAY 2026 – Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed the Government’s decision to review access to face-to-face banking services. The group has long warned that bank branch closures and the rapid shift to digital services are leaving too many older people without practical access to essential financial support. The review, commissioned by HM Treasury, will examine the impact of branch closures and whether further action is needed to protect access to in-person bank

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has warned that any future reform of the State Pension must protect older people from poverty, following calls from Sir Tony Blair to scrap the State Pension triple lock.

Sally Tsoukaris, General Secretary of Later Life Ambitions partner the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance (CSPA), wrote this letter to the editor of The Telegraph in response to its coverage of public sector pensions. The letter was not published, but the questions it raises remain important.

The UK’s banking system is currently undergoing mass transition. Amidst this, the question of financial exclusion looms large. Despite assurances to the contrary, the accelerated disappearance of banks off the high street has left many older people further isolated from Britain’s economy than ever before.

Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has condemned the Government’s decision to once again rule out compensation for women affected by changes to the State Pension age, despite clear findings of maladministration by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).

LONDON, 12 NOVEMBER 2025 State Pension campaigners have welcomed the Government’s decision to review compensation for women affected by State Pension age changes, calling it “a long overdue but important olive branch.”