Work until 75? Many people won’t even live that long | Frances Ryan

Iain Duncan Smith’s plan to push the pensions burden from the state on to the individual ignores class differences in life expectancyAn influential conservative thinktank – fronted by the former work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith – has proposed the state pension age should rise to 75 over the next 16 years. If the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) had its way, the retirement age would go up to 70 just nine years from now, as the change is phased in.It’s importan