
Number of working women aged 60-64 has doubled
Employment statistics show that more women are staying in the workplace for longer, with 48.5% in this age bracket in employment, compared with just 23.4% back in 1998. This is attributed variously to the short-notice rise in the state pension age from 60 to 65 or 66 currently affecting many women born in the 1950s, higher incidence of divorce later