Leading academic calls for SPA of 'at least 72'

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The state pension age (SPA) should be set at 72 at least, a leading academic from Leeds University Business School has said.

This is well above current plans to equalise male and female retirement ages at 66 by 2020 and increase both to 67 by 2026 (PP Online, 29 November 2011). A previous Pensions Buzz survey found ov...

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