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Linda Howard

Millions of older people at risk of suffering ‘pensioner poverty’ this year

New research suggests more than one in four people plan to work full or part-time after they reach State Pension age.

Women are more likely to plan to work later in life out of necessity, while men say it will be through choice, said a report. A survey of more than 2,000 adults by Rest Less found that 28 per cent plan to work beyond their State Pension age, with many saying they could not afford to retire, or wanted to keep working for their health and wellbeing.

Rest Less, which gives advice to older people, said the whole concept of retiring was changing.

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