For an array of reasons, including health, thousands of older workers left their jobs during and after the disruptions of COVID-19, contributing to a chronic labour shortage.
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Although Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said at the start of the year that he wanted to use the welfare system better to get people back to work, around 90% of people aged 55 to 59 who have retired early or are out of work do not depend on state benefits, according to an Office for National Statistics survey.
You can't blame them. If you can afford not to work then why would you?
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