Pension age may be about to rise again, says former minister

Steve Webb says government considering faster timetable for higher state pension age of 70, affecting millions of workers ‘Basically a huge tax increase’: readers reactThe government may be preparing to increase the official state pension age to 70 for millions of people currently in their 20s, a former minister has claimed.Steve Webb said documents produced by the Department for Work and Pensions suggested a “more aggressive” timetable on state pension age (SPA) increase