Over-50s bearing brunt of long-term worklessness

Latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has found challenges faced by the over-50s in getting back into work and the support available to help them re-connect with employers. The worklessness rate - those searching for work who have been workless for six consecutive months - rose as age increased for customers in the ‘Searching for work' conditionality regime. The measure of worklessness – which has ranged between 70%-80% in recent years -  was higher for customers aged 50+ and lowest for younger customers. The worklessness rate was particularly low for young...