Retirement age of 70 'a real killer' - TUC

Its statistical findings suggest a third of all men would die before that age – rising to half of men and a third of all people in the UK’s most economically disadvantaged areas. The publication of the research comes just days before a 19 June mass pensions rally planned for central London by the TUC’s member unions. ”Official figures show that in England and Wales one in six, 16.7%, of the population die before they reach 65, and a further 7.1 per cent die before they turn 70,” the TUC says. ”This means that one in four, 23.8%, would not get a pension if the pension age was raised...