Class divide ignites pension age rise row

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Increases to state pension age will hit the poorest men in society hardest, as one-fifth die before they can draw a pension, a former pensions minister says.

Labour MP Malcolm Wicks - minister from 2003 to 2005 - said the government had failed to take on board social class differences when it set out plans to increase state pension age and urged it to i...

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