Despite benefits of working into retirement, campaigners say figures point to pensioner poverty in UK
The number of people aged over 70 who are still working has more than doubled in a decade to nearly half a million, new research has shown.
The number of those aged over 70 who are in full- or part-time employment has been steadily rising year on year for the past decade, according to new Office for National Statistics data, reaching a peak of 497,946 in the first quarter of this year – an increase of 135% since 2009.
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