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Increase in the number of unemployed 65+ women since 2016

MORE women than men aged 65 and older are unemployed for the first time since 2016, new research suggests.

Rest Less, which offers advice to older people, said the number of jobless women aged 65 and over increased from 7,200 to 21,000 in the past year.

Fewer older women are actively looking for work, reversing a long-term trend, said the report.

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