Is it fair to be made to work until you’re 68? Take our poll
We can all currently claim our state pension at 66 – which for many, is already old enough.
Between 2026 and 2028 this will rise to 67; but how do you feel about it rising to 68 sooner than planned?
For that’s what the government is currently mulling over.
Delaying it closer to 70 was not due to happen until 2046 – however, a review released in 2017 called for this to be brought forward.
It argued the state pension age should hit 68 between 2037 and 2039 due to people living longer.
But The Sun reports that this change could be brought forward sooner, to as early as 2035.
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A Government source was quoted as saying: “There is a real risk that more people will die before they reach retirement and can draw their pensions, given the change in life expectancy projections since 2017 if we were to bring the state pension age increase too far forward.
“That would be especially true of people in the most deprived areas of the country where life expectancy is already lower.”
Before any future changes could become law, Parliament would need to approve the plans.