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A man who lost his job at the beginning of the pandemic has said it is harder for older people to find work.

Myke Jones, from Cwmbran, was working in IT project management. He is now trying to apply for new jobs at the age of 58.

He told BBC Radio Wales: "It's a big competition, I've noticed a huge difference in the past couple of months in the fact that jobs are few and far between.

“You're looking at 200-plus people applying for those jobs.

"I've spent ages on my CV trying to make it look flashy and say the right things, but the video interview comes along and the moment they see you, you can tell they see straight away 'you're quite old' and they tend to shy away.

"I struggle to pay our bills, we've got mortgages to pay, I can't see my pension covering it all so I'm going to be working for a long time yet. I can see a lot of travelling and staying away from home."

Mr Jones has also been recovering from cancer during lockdown.

"We live in a flat, we haven't got a garden, I need to be a bit more careful so I don't go out as much as most people and that worry I've got about cancer returning just adds to the mix of 'I'm struggling to find a job, how will I pay the bills next month'."

It comes as the latest unemployment figures suggest the full force of lockdown has not yet hit jobs in Wales to a significant extent.