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Treasury Select Committee - financial inclusion — consultation response
Corporate Author	Help the Aged
Publisher	Help the Aged, London, January 2006
Pages	18 pp
Source	Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. www.helptheaged.org.uk Email: info@helptheaged.org.uk
Keywords	Financial services [older people] ; Economic status [elderly] ; Poor elderly ; Ageism ; Help the Aged ; Comments or Evidence submitted.
Annotation	Older people are not getting the financial services or advice they need. A common theme in this response to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee is age discrimination. Despite the potential market represented by older people, direct discrimination (an upper age limit for financial services products) and indirect discrimination (services inaccessible by design) continue. Help the Aged recommends that the Committee should urge the Government to develop and implement age discrimination legislation which covers the provision of goods and services, for example in relation to access to banking services, affordable credit and financial advice. It also makes the case that financial inclusion measures can contribute to combating poverty and reducing barriers to employment. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080122216 B
Classmark	J: F:W: F:W6: B:TOB: PYH: 6PM
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