Pressure is building on the coalition government to slow the rate of acceleration of the state pension age (SPA) for women.
In the spending review last year George Osborne announced the SPA will rise to 66 by 2020, rather than by 2026 under Labour's plans. The changes particularly affect women born in the early 1950s. Around 500,000 women's SPA has risen by one year and for 33,000 it has risen by two years or more. The reform is included in the Pensions Bill, which is due its second reading in the House of Commons in the next few weeks. However, 138 MPs have signed an early day motion (EDM) calling on the government to revise the timetable for raising women's SPA. The EDM says the government has not kep...
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