Govt sets Pensions Bill reading date

The bill has a provisional second reading date of 20 June, which is nine weeks after its first House of Commons reading on 27 April. Speculation had been growing over the second reading of the bill, which contains controversial plans to raise the state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) strenuously denied the second reading of the bill had been delayed. Rumours circulated the reading had been timetabled for a date in mid-May but shelved due to the angry reaction of women in their fifties, who will be the group most affected by the change. ...