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Retirement

Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change
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Chris Brooks

Labour's pensions review is a welcome step. Let's hope they use it for positive change

Chris Brooks, head of policy at Age UK, writes about why the government's pension review is a welcome step and what needs to be done to support the retirees of the future
Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns
Pensions

Disabled people retiring with pensions less than two-thirds of the Brit average, report warns

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a 'big blow' and risks 'working people to death', experts say
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Pensions

Raising state pension age to 71 would be a 'big blow' and risks 'working people to death', experts say

'Why are we being penalised?': A reader's retirement has brought unexpected hardship
Letters

'Why are we being penalised?': A reader's retirement has brought unexpected hardship

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present
John Bird

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present

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