UK. Fury as plan to work to 75 raises risk of death before retirement, pensioners say
A new report by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), fronted by former Tory leader Iain Duncan-Smith, has proposed accelerating plans to increase the state pension age in order to boost the UK economy. The influential think-tank has hit out at the financial burden of the ageing population on public funds, and insists thousands of people aged 50 to 64-years-old are deemed “economically inactive”. One pensioners’ group claimed the decision would mean more people would die before they reached retirement age.
The Government has already outlined plans to increase the state pension age to 67 by 2028, and to 68 by 2039.
However the report recommends a major overhaul – with the pension age raised in less than 10 years to 70-years-old by 2028 and then again to 75-years-old by 2035.
The Department for Work and Pensions today did not rule out implementing the changes and stated every workers’ state pension age is “unique to them” and the Government is working towards “creating opportunities for people of all generations”.
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