State pension age of 70-plus by 2050 'inevitable'

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The state pension age is set to rise much more quickly than anticipated warns Malcolm McLean, as statistics show life expectancy has increased rapidly over the last century.

Barnett Waddingham senior consultant McLean said it now looked "inevitable" that people would not be able to draw their state pension until 70 at the earliest by 2050. The figures for the Office...

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