The rise of the state pension age for women improved public finances to the tune of £2.1bn as employment rates for both women and men increased, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.
The 2010-12 gradual increase in the SPA for women from 60 to 61 concluded in April 2012 and was part of the reform to increase the age to 65 by 2020, implemented by the government in 1995. The l...
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