Robots and AI could mean state pension age need not rise

James Phillips
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The state pension age (SPA) could stick at 67 if the government redirects finances from boosted gross domestic product (GDP) arising from the advance of robots and artificial intelligence (AI).

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) argued that digitisation of the economy and workforce would lead to higher national productivity, and cited a PwC analysis which suggested GDP could be 10% higher by...

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