UK must close ‘alarming’ wellbeing gap between old and young, says charity

Carnegie UK’s survey also found widespread disillusionment with politics and disconnection from democracy.

Politicians have been urged to do more to close the gap between young and old, and combat widespread disillusionment with democracy

The Life in the UK survey also found widespread levels of disillusionment with politics, with 73% feeling they cannot influence decisions that affect the whole of the UK and 56% saying they cannot influence local decisions. “UK decision-makers need to work harder to close the wellbeing gap between young and old. While that means looking at tax and welfare policies, we must also look at new ways of hardwiring younger people’s interests and priorities into our public policy.”

While the national average was 62, the over-55s scored 65 while those aged 16-34 scored 59 and those aged 35-54 scored 60.

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