DWP urged to give people 10 years’ notice before increasing State Pension age to 68
MPs have raised concerns about recent reports that the UK Government is planning to raise the State Pension age to 68 much earlier than planned, with several pointing out that Office for National Statistics data does not show life expectancy is increasing in all areas of Great Britain, especially Scotland.
Sir Stephen added: “We shouldn’t just see the evidence afterwards, after the Government has announced what it plans to do, because the chance of changing the Government’s mind at that point, it just isn’t going to happen.” She also urged the UK Government not to “forget the faces behind the figures” if the future of retirement is to be based on statistics alone.
But he added: “The hon. Lady is right: the data does not now show, sadly, life expectancy increasing, certainly not at the rate that was forecast by all the actuarial calculations at the time of previous reviews.
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