Pensioner Daphne Smallman's complaint over Tesco's 'false and misleading' strawberry prices, which gave the company a £2.32bn profit in 2011, has led to a £300,000 fine.
Monday 19 August 2013
Plucky pensioner costs £300,000 Tesco in victory from beyond the grave
It was early June 2011 when pensioner Daphne Smallman was given a lift to her local Tesco by her friend Gwenda to do the weekly shop.
Who Cares report published
Thanks to everyone who fed into our consultation response. The summary report of the consultation has just been release and it includes many of the concerns we raised.
Health Minister Edwin Poots has published a report summarising the findings of the recent consultation on 'Who Cares? The Future of Adult Care and Support in Northern Ireland'.
This was the first stage of a three stage process to reform adult care and support.
On carers the report says:
"Support for carers was the issue raised most consistently throughout the consultation. It is clear from views shared that people believe there should be more support to enable carers to continue in their caring role. While Who Cares? set out to recognise the role played by carers, some argued that it was not entirely successful in doing so, with the concern that it downgraded the role of caring from a labour intensive task to one of befriending."
Call for better internet access in care homes
Care home managers have been urged to step up their efforts to get residents online. The call comes after a poll revealed that only a fifth of care homes in the UK have internet access for resident...
Older people's rights: Views from the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
Lianne Murphy from our Affiliate Age Action Ireland writes about her time at the United Nations to discuss older people's rights. This is my first time at the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) at the UN in New York. I have studied human rights law and the different mechanisms at the UN so ...
Most care home residents 'excluded from modern society' by lack of internet access
Elderly people are increasingly being "excluded from modern society" because care homes are failing to offer access to the internet, a report warns.
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Plea for jobs help for over-50s
A survey of 2,200 adults found that most think older people have something positive to offer the economy.
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