Help the Aged campaigners braved the rain and took to the streets of Whitehall yesterday to send a clear message to the Government that age discrimination should be outlawed.

 

Wearing bright yellow t-shirts spelling the message ‘Ban Ageism’, the group of ten gathered outside the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions before moving on to Downing Street.

'It’s a moral outrage that age discrimination is still perfectly legal outside the workplace'

Esther Foreman, Campaigns Manager at Help the Aged, says: 'It’s a moral outrage that age discrimination is still perfectly legal in the UK outside the workplace. Our campaigners have literally delivered a message to the Government’s front door to let them know that the public won’t stand for it.

“Gordon Brown’s Government can ban age discrimination, or it can turn a blind eye and send a message to older people that they don’t deserve equal rights.'

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