ageing

Just the kind of things a wealthy country with an ageing, and increasingly overweight population – like the US – needs.

Professor Gabriel Balmus studies DNA repair and ageing at the University of Cambridge.

Her call was echoed by Tory MP and former leadership contender Tom Tugendhat, who said young people had realised the "entire economy is now geared towards a bunch of people who are ageing".

Her family and personal experiences underpin her policy proposals: expanding hospital services for women's health, giving household support workers greater recognition, and improving care options for Japan's ageing society.

Many attribute frequent crashes to ageing airframes and stretched maintenance cycles.