State pension age

Union Prospect has called for a study into the possibility of creating a separate state pension age for Scotland.

The rise of the state pension age for women improved public finances to the tune of £2.1bn as employment rates for both women and men increased, research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found.

The government is to review the state pension age every five years in order to keep the retirement age in line with increases in longevity.

The government could ease the transition to the flat rate state pension by paying out old state second pension entitlements as one-off sums in a ‘buyout' arrangement, Barnett Waddingham says.

The Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed the move to a flat-rate state pension.

Hannah Brenton examines the many complications the government faces in a flat-rate state pension

Employers expect increases in the typical retirement age to outpace the rise in the state pension age, according to research from the Association of Consulting Actuaries.

Europeans are worried about their retirement but less than a third expect to increase their retirement age, research by ING has shown.

Around half a million people who are approaching the current state pension age are too ill to work, the Trades Union Congress says.

Employers expect a shift in their workforce's demographic profile due as a result of the abolition of the default retirement age, Jelf Employee Benefits says.