Older workers should take gap years

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The government's new older workers' champion has floated the idea that employees in their 50s should be able to take gap years and then return to the workforce.

The suggestion received the backing of pensions minister Steve Webb who noted it could tie-in well with new pension freedoms. Speaking at her official introduction into the role, Ros Altmann sai...

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