Pledge text:

“I pledge my support to people struggling with loneliness and high rent costs by urging the government to consider adopting Trevor Lyttleton MBE’s plan to ‘Help Young and Old and Save Millions’. I will work to ensure the Government goes further to tackle elderly isolation and with rising rents.”

What is Trevor Lyttleton’s plan to ‘Help Young and Old and Save Millions’?

 ‘Help Young and Old and Save Millions’ is a cross-party effort that involves urging the Government to introduce a targeted tax incentive to enable older homeowners, with spare rooms, to affordably let to younger renters.

The measure would bring spare unused rooms into use, support younger renters, reduce loneliness among the elderly, and ultimately ease pressure on our public services.

The proposal has attracted widespread recognition. The Sunday Express endorsed it as a measure that could ’save millions’, Former Prime Minister David Cameron described it as ‘innovative’ and Matthew Parris, writing in The Times, concluded that it should be adopted.

Sign the ‘Help Young and Old and Save Millions’ pledge

Only MPs, Peers and their staff, on their behalf, are authorised to sign this pledge.


    Notes:

    • Please only sign this pledge if you are an MP, Peer or a member of their staff with authority to sign the pledge on their behalf.
    • MPs and Peers are being asked to sign this pledge as individuals, and not on behalf of the party they are affiliated with.
    • ‘Older age people/ older members of society’ are defined as those over the age of 65+, or those that have retired early and are no longer in full-time employment over the age of 55.
    • Trevor Lyttleton MBE is an ardent veteran campaigner for the elderly, and in his capacity as an ally he is advertising this pledge. He is not in his capacity as Founder and former Chairman of Re-engage, the national charity for older age advocacy, hosting this pledge. Nor does Trevor hold any responsibility for any of the actions that results from this pledge.
    • Signing this pledge does not commit you to any specific legislation or party position; it simply signals support for exploring a practical solution to these challenges.

    From Trevor Lyttleton MBE,
    Founder & Chair Contact (Now Reengage)
    National Lottery (1965-2015) Changer Award for Communities 2024
    https://www.trevorlyttleton.com/