One hundred not out - A route map for long lives

F i n a n c e Project One hundred not out A route map for long lives Health Work Transport and mobility Retail Leisure and fun Finance Housing Loneliness and connections Care Love and relationships In brief One hundred not out: a route map for long lives - In brief 1 Why is a new route map needed? In the UK, more of us can now hope to live for ninety or a hundred years, rather than the traditional. [...] Why is this needed? Our populations are ageing Between 2000 and 2050, the number of people in the UK aged over 65 is expected to double, and the number aged over 85 to quadruple, while the ‘working age’ population (20 to 64) will only increase by 20.1%. [...] Our route map explores what needs to happen in every aspect of our lives – it covers work, finance, health and care, our relationships and social connections, where we live, how we get about, and how we shop and enjoy ourselves. [...] The challenge Next-step solution Across our lives, many of us face Help create lifelong a mismatch between the income incomes by: encouraging we have, and the amount we workplace savings need and want to spend. [...] The challenge Bold idea Across our lives, many of us face Give everyone a leg up to a mismatch between the income adulthood with a ‘decent we have, and the amount we start’ lump sum payment need and want to spend.