UK pension reform will fail unless the retirement age increases, a European Union report says. But the report says Britain only faces a "medium risk" of being hit by a "demographic timebomb" caused by an ageing population and a dwindling workforce.
The other big European economies – Germany and France – face the same challenges while Cyprus, Greece, the Czech Republic and Portugal are among those categorised as “high risk”. Economy commissi...
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