More women aged 60-64 in work than not for first time in UK – ONS

Experts describe increase as ‘seismic’ but some warn it may be linked to changes to state pension age

For the first time in the UK, there are more women aged 60 to 64 in work than not, according to an analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics.

The number of older women in work has increased by 51% since changes to the state pension age were introduced in 2010, the data reveals. This contrasts with an increase of 13% in the number of working men aged between 60 and 64 over the same period.

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