A large number of staff aged 50 or over have been made redundant as part of council cost-cutting measures. Figures show that the majority of local authority workers made redundant in the last two years across Sussex are 50 or older.
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In October last year, the government announced the SPA would rise to 66 by 2020, accelerating the pace of change advocated by the Labour government, which planned to raise the SPA to 66 by 2026. However, the OECD says the reform does not go far enough.