Retirement

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

The retirement age will have to rise to 71 by 2050, experts have warned – but any increase would be a 'big blow' to the most vulnerable
'Why are we being penalised?': A reader's retirement has brought unexpected hardship
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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
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John Bird

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