According to new research, 92.8% of jobseekers aged over 50 feel the Government is ignoring the problem of over 50s unemployment.
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Those between the ages of 50 and 60 have been worst hit by the economic turmoil, suffering a significant decline in their quality of life, according to official statistics and an in-depth report by SAGA into the finances and wellbeing of older citizens.
Millions of older people will be able to lengthen their working lives under proposals from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission to scrap the compulsory retirement age of 65.
The Social Market Foundation has warned that the primary focus on the rise in youth unemployment is misguided and excessive because it leads to policy responses that concentrate on the young to the exclusion of other unemployed people.
Around one in six people in Europe claim to have personally experienced discrimination in the past year, according to a new opinion survey released by the European Commission today.