Nearly two million over-50s are on benefits as older generations face the bleakest labour market recruiters have seen in 30 years
Nearly two million over-50s are on benefits as older generations face the bleakest labour market recruiters have seen in 30 years
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With UK job vacancies at historic lows, Telegraph readers share their battles with redundancy, long job searches and the threat…
Tina Chummun is one of more than 800,000 50- to 64-year-olds who would like to be in work but are not
Working-age people exempt from job-searching now more likely to be over 50 than under 35
The number of benefit claimants not required to seek employment is soaring
Even modest rise in employment among economically inactive 50 to 64-year-olds could generate billions, says report
Surge in those aged between 35 and 44 opting out of employment fuels welfare-dependency crisis
