Over-50s looking for work in the UK should consider delivering takeaways and other flexible jobs typically occupied by younger people, the work and pensions secretary, Mel Stride, has said.
Stride made the comments during a visit to the London headquarters of the food delivery firm Deliveroo, which has recorded a 62% increase in riders aged over 50 since 2021.
We’d like to hear from workers aged 50 and over who have taken up such work, and how they have been finding it.
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