Age Concern undeterred by ruling on age discrimination

Campaigners are persevering with an age discrimination test case against the UK government, despite a decision made by the European Court of Justice.

 Following the ruling that mandatory retirement ages are legal, Age Concern has reiterated its determination to press ahead with its own legal challenge. In January 2006, Age Concern, under the banner of its offshoot Heyday, applied to the High Court in an attempt to have parts of the new age regulations relating to mandatory retirement a... (208 more words)

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