Weekly news round up – 2nd November 2012

Money

• Workers warned their pensions will shrink in a ‘dose of cold economic reality’ to savers – Daily Mail
• Keep your fuel bills low – Scotsman

Health and care

• Elderly in fear of going out – Express
• Breast screening advice updated amid controversy over tests – BBC

Politics and society

• Action plan to plug gaps in Scottish human rights provision – Age Scotland
• Cut cash for wealthy OAPs – Sun
• Over-65s lead rise in cohabitation outside marriage – Financial Times

Something for the weekend

• Kung fu grandmother makes her Hollywood debut at 79 – The Times