Ex-pensions secretary and other critics of proposal warn it ‘favours the well-pensioned’ and higher paid
Raising the state retirement age to 71 would condemn millions of middle-aged people to misery as they get older, Britain’s biggest independent organisation of older people and a former pensions minister have said.
The National Pensioners Convention (NPC), which represents more than 1.15 million members, said the proposals “in no way reflects the harsh reality of getting older in the UK”.
About Author
More Stories
Bodies recovered from illegal goldmine in South Africa where many feared dead
Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes
Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus