Life expectancy improvements slow as think-tank suggests faster state pension age rise

Holly Roach
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The Centre for Social Justice has proposed raising the state pension age to 75 by 2035, despite a slowdown in mortality improvements. Holly Roach reports

Former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith's think-tank has proposed the acceleration would be aided by "improvements to workplace support and healthcare" for older employees. The gove...

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