What does the future hold for the state pension?

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As the government plays catch-up with the state pension age, Malcolm McLean wonders whether 70 is now the new 64.

When back in 1960 Paul McCartney wrote When I'm Sixty-Four, a song about growing old and the ageing process involved in it, he was only 16. The track which later featured on the Beatles' iconic Sgt...

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