The flexible state pension age: smart policy or socialist fantasy?

Michael Klimes
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Jeremy Corbyn wants the UK to have a flexible state retirement age. Michael Klimes weighs the pros and cons

At a glance Calls for a flexible state pension age has been revived This could make the system fairer for sectors of the population with low life expectancy But even its supporters concede it ...

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