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   age      decade      difficult      extra      far      genuine      government      highest      later      number      older      older      own      past      pensions      people      record      small      spokesman      years  
British are working to an age. The of working 70-74-year-olds has doubled in the decade. Around 10 per cent of people in their early 70s now work. This is the figure on . Just over a quarter of a million 70-74-year-olds now have jobs. In 2005, it was just 100,000. The said people are deciding to retire . A reason for people working in their old age is because retirement in Britain are becoming more to live on. Many older people have to work and not retire to be able to survive.

An employment said: "The last has seen [big] changes in the labour market, with more people working beyond retirement ." He said many people needed to earn money because they couldn't afford to retire. He added that people needed good jobs and pensions so they could make a choice about whether they stay in work. A spokesman for businesses said more older people were starting their businesses. He said this was something they may have dreamed of doing for many .

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