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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 14,302
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 14,302
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What I find staggering is I know a guy who's 63, who has some difficulty walking long distances to let's say bus stops because he has no transport of his own.
He is unemployed but he's under the same pressure to find work as anyone who is in their 20s or 30s. It's quite ridiculous.
On one occasion he was told to go on a computer course than involved changing three buses to get there. It would actually take him about two hours to get there in the morning. Set out his house at 6.30am. He was told he MUST go on this course, or lose some of his benefit. He appealed and the benefits agency reluctantly backed down so he didn't have to go on the course. But it's crazy.
About 10 years ago, being a man and 63 years old meant you were just 2 years off retiring - 60 for women.
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