calling on over 50s to return to the workplace to try to plug some of the staff shortages we are seeing across the economy. jeremy hunt became chancellor in october last year. injanuary he used a speech specifically to appeal to early retirees saying britain needs you, we need you to get back to work. in the budget last week he announced a series of measures designed to get older people back to work. but charities have warned that although many over 50s do want to work, a lot of the time they seem to face discrimination and ageism from recruiters. the treasury said its recruitment processes are fair, open and based on merit. it also says it runs a blind recruitment process that essentially means assessors do not get shown the ages of applicants. the charity age uk says that can be helpful certainly in the early stages, for example when you are sifting through cvs and application letters, but it said that biases can creep

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