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Ageism and age discrimination
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A bar chart titled 'Older people’s employment by UK region (2024-25)' showing employment rates for two age groups: ages 50–64 and ages 65+. For ages 50–64, employment percentages range from about 64% to 76%, with the highest in the East (75.7%) and South East (75.7%), and the lowest in Wales (63.9%). For ages 65+, employment ranges from about 8% to 21%, with most regions between 10% and 14%, except London which is highest at 21.3%. The data is sourced from ONS, 2024.
Figure 11: Older people’s employment by UK region (2024-25)

 3.1.2 In the workplace