The 50+ Blog

The United Kingdom has one of the lowest turnouts for elections in the World despite having one of the most transparent political processes. Could it be that this very transparency is responsible? Apparently, 47% of people in this country are not interested in the US elections compared to 25% in France and 15% in Germany. [...]

Tags: lowest voter turnout, political statistics, us election, voter apathy, would you trust a politician

Worried about the effect of the credit crunch on your pension? If you’re 50+ you should be. That’s not to say you should be panicking just taking a good, hard look at your retirement provision. Now, we are not going to pretend that we are experts on financial matters but, looking at our own retirement [...]

Tags: my pension, pension evaporates, pension woes