Labour in last ditch attempt to delay women's SPA rise

In her last act as shadow pensions minister, Reeves tabled an amendment pushing back the increase in women's SPA to 65 by 2020 and then 66 between 2020 and 2022. The bill, which is due for its third reading on 18 October, increases the state pension age (SPA) for both sexes to 66 by 2020, meaning women face a much sharper age increase than men. Around half a million women in their fifties will have to wait up to two years longer for their pensions than they would under the Pensions Act 1995. However, Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "It would see...