It’s not just young people who need jobs | Letters

There should be provision for people who find themselves out of work when they approach state pension age, writes Peter Wade I am now in my 61st year, haven’t worked for more than two years and have stopped applying for jobs ( ‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job, 17 September ). The bulk of my career was as an advice worker, specialising in debt, housing and energy advice. Some years ago I worked with a client in her late 50s who had been a hospital cleaner. She had expected to retire earlier, but the changes to women’s state pension age meant that she faced several more years before retirement. She could no longer do the physical work of cleaning, yet

What is happening The Guardian reports: There should be provision for people who find themselves out of work when they approach state pension age, writes Peter Wade I am now in my 61st year, haven’t worked for more than two years and have stopped applying for jobs ( ‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a job, 17 September ). The bulk of my career was as an advice worker, specialising in debt, housing and energy advice. Some years ago I worked with a client in her late 50s who had been a hospital cleaner. She had expected to retire earlier, but the changes to women’s state pension age meant that she faced several more years before retirement. She could no longer do the physical work of cleaning, yet The problem The public problem in this report is the one named by the source: “It’s not just young people who need jobs | Letters”. A response on MLAIEL should not add a cause, a number, or a remedy the source does not state. Open the source for the detail. What a team can do on MLAIEL A team can read what the source says about jobs, a workplace, or people losing work, then open a project for people who can respond. This desk is not the economy desk and it does not give financial advice. Source The Guardian — It’s not just young people who need jobs | Letters https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/20/its-not-just-young-people-who-need-jobs