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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

‘Work ‘til you drop’: Meet the pensioners forced out of retirement in their seventies and eighties

Joan Preston

During a long career in the exhibition and conference industry, Joan Preston never imagined she would still be in employment at the age of 79. Her husband, Leon, 81, is an even less likely candidate after undergoing open-heart surgery.

Thanks to rocketing inflation, however, the couple both go out to work to top up their state pensions, because they have already cut out all luxuries and say there are no more savings they can make.

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