SNP to block rise in state pension age

Stephanie Baxter
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The Scottish National Party (SNP) has revealed it will fight to block planned increases in the state pension age to protect Scottish pensioners.

Party leader Nicola Sturgeon argued that raising the pension age would affect Scotland disproportionately given its life expectancy continues to lag behind the rest of the UK and Europe. The sta...

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