The work and pensions select committee has branded the level of pensioner poverty as "unacceptable" - and urged the government to abolish the default retirement age.
In its report - Tackling Pensioner Poverty, published today - the committee said the level of pensioner poverty has declined markedly since 1997. However it said there were still 2 million pensi...
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