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People in the UK aged 64 and over: share why you have started working again

We’d like to hear from people in Britain aged 64 plus who have come out of retirement recently and taken up paid work

We’re interested to hear from people in the UK aged 64 and over who have come out of retirement recently.

Whether you have taken up paid work again because you were struggling financially, have returned to work because you wanted to, or are working again to support family members, we’d like to hear about it.

Share your experience

If you are aged 64 and over and live in the UK, tell us what made you return to paid work, if applicable.

Please share your story if you are 18 or over, anonymously if you wish. For more information please see our terms of service and privacy policy.

Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For true anonymity please use our SecureDrop service instead.

Name

Where do you live?

Town or area is fine

Tell us a bit about yourself (e.g. age and what you do for a living) Optional

If you are in the UK and aged 64 and over, share why you have decided to take up paid work again, if applicable

Please include as much detail as possible

Do you have concerns? Optional

Can we publish your response?

Yes, entirely

Yes, but please contact me first

Yes, but keep me anonymous

No, this is just for information

Email address

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Phone number Optional

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Retirement age

People in the UK aged 64 and over: share why you have started working again

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