DWP records quarter of a million more older workers

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There are 235,000 more people between the ages of 50 and 64 in work than there was a year ago, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

This includes a 50,000 increase in the number of people in this age group who had a job over the last quarter, bringing the total figure to a record high of 8.2 million, the data published last wee...

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