State pension

The Pensions Bill will have its third reading in the House of Commons on 18 October.

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Young workers face a retirement age of 72 or older, according to analysis by PwC.

The Trades Union Congress has branded government plans to bring forward increases to the state pension age unfair due to the widening gap in life expectancy between rich and poor.

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So we live longer and work less. What's not to like?

Defined benefit scheme closures driven by the end of the contracting out is a price worth paying to ensure a simple single tier state pension, a leading commentator says.

More than three-quarters of respondents to a consultation on a £140 a week single-tier state pension back the proposal, the government says.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has promised that the goverment will create a transitional arrangement for women hit hardest by the rise in the state pension age.

The Labour opposition should have come up with a solution to help women disproportionately hit by the rise in the state pension age to 66 by 2020, pensions minister Steve Webb says.