Quarter of this year's retirees not ready to stop working - Prudential

Carmen Reichman
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A quarter of the people scheduled to retire this year are not ready to stop working, while one in eight have already delayed their retirement, research suggests.

Prudential's annual study of retirees showed that 23% of the people planning to retire this year were not ready to give up work altogether as 13% have already decided to stay on in their jobs. The survey questioned 7,821 non-retired UK adults aged over 45, including 1,010 people intending to retire in 2014. Overall, more than half of respondents said they considered working past the state pension age in an attempt to make their retirement more financially comfortable. Of these, 43% would would consider working full-time while 57% would weigh up the idea of working part-time. A thir...

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