Taxpayer savings from retirement age increase to 67 'fundamentally unsound'

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Government calculations on public sector pension savings have been labelled "fundamentally unsound" after independent analysis revealed increasing retirement ages failed to cut taxpayer costs.

Pension consultant John Ralfe said Treasury and Government Actuary's Department calculations misjudged public sector cost savings after his own analysis showed increasing retirement ages to 67 did ...

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