Steve Webb: moving state pension age to 66 should have started much earlier

Kristian Brunt-Seymour
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Former pensions minister Steve Webb has said reaching a state pension age of 66 by 2020 should have been done over a much longer period.

Steve Webb: moving state pension age to 66 should have started much earlier Former pensions minister Steve Webb has said reaching a state pension age of 66 by 2020 should have been done over a m...

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