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About half a million people who are approaching the current state pension age (SPA) are too ill to work, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said.

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State pension payouts can vary from as little as £7 a week to £230 due to the ‘staggering' complexity of current regulations, the pensions minster has said.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed the white paper on significant state pension reform will now not be released until the autumn.

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Just Retirement has urged property-owning pensioners to check their eligibility for state benefits as many are missing out on hundreds of pounds a year in extra income.

The number of pensioners has doubled in the 60 years since the Queen took the throne and 44 times as many people reach age 100.