This week
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Tuesday 7 November – James Purnell gave a speech
to the Pensions Policy Institute and also announced the publication of the Pension
Credit entitlement factsheet (160KB) 
Previous activity
Sunday 1 October – International Day of Older People.
Monday 2 October – James Purnell to speak in Cambridge at the Celebrating Age event to mark International Day of Older People.
Thursday 5 October –
- James Purnell to speak at Monster.co.uk's 'Future of employment' conference.
- The Minister will also be speaking at 'Fighting ageism: age discrimination legislation' event organised by the Third Age Foundation, London.
- And the Pensions Roadshow continues with a visit to Stoke-on-Trent.
Friday 6 October – James Purnell to speak at Tameside Borough Council pensions forum.
Monday 25, Tuesday 26 and Thursday 28 September –
Pays to Save seminars with pensions stakeholders.
Monday September 11 – End of the formal consultation on the Government's White Paper 'Security in retirement: towards a new pensions system'.
Wednesday September 13 – Pensions stakeholders to participate in a seminar on personal accounts focusing on employer exemption.
Thursday September 14 – James Purnell to take part in a stakeholder seminar on personal accounts.
Monday 4 September to Thursday 7 September –
Pensions
regional roadshows in Leicester, Hull, York, Bristol and Merseyside.
Thursday 17 August – Publication of 'Flexible Retirement: A Snapshot of Employer Practices 2006'.
Tuesday 8 August – James Purnell to visit Age Concern in Tameside, Manchester.
Wednesday 9 August – Latest Pensions Roadshow events. For more information see the blog post 2 August.
James Purnell is:
- visiting the Generation Project in Openshaw
- leading a lunch time seminar on the Government's proposals for a carers credit at the Equal Opportunities Commission, and
- talking to staff at the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied workers about Combined Pension Forecasts.
Thursday 10 August – Research published on Age Discrimination across nine sectors of the economy.
Monday 24 July – Three reports into pensioner poverty
published.
Publication of draft regulations for
the extension of the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) and operational review
of the scheme.
Thursday 27 July – James Purnell delivers a speech to the Better Government for Older People event at the Celebrating Age Festival in Brighton
Friday 28 July – Visit to the Orchard Partnership in the West Midlands – an independent group of parents who set up the facility to provide a forum and services for parents of children with learning or physical difficulties as well as the children themselves.