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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Independent and Lauren MacDougall

Voices: ‘Discarded like a used tissue’: Readers on how ageism is forcing over-50s out of work

Age discrimination is rife in the workplace, Independent readers say, after new ONS figures showed unemployment rising and vacancies falling.

Readers said the lack of jobs was hitting older people hard with those in their 50s and 60s finding themselves “discarded like a used tissue” after decades of loyal service.

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