Plans to raise state pension age not radical enough - papers

Lord Turner admitted his reoprt, which helped shape the Government's pensins policy, should have been more radical. He said the age when people get a state pension should be raised more quickly. At the time of his report four years ago, arguments were made to raise the pension age to 70 by as early as 2030, he told the BBC. The state pension age for men and women will rise to 66 in 2024, to 67 in 2034 and 68 in 2044, with each rise being phased in over two years.  Full story...