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To think 71 is too old for state pension age?

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winterwonder1 · 10/02/2025 16:16

This isn't just for people who are 21 now - that's for people born after 1970 - so 55 now. I can't imagine being fit enough to do my job at 71.
DWP State Pension age will have to rise to 71 says report | News Shopper

DWP State Pension age will have to rise to 71, new report says

New research suggests that workers born after April 1970 will not reach UK State Pension age until they are 71

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24923959.dwp-state-pension-age-will-rise-71-says-report/

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MrsMurphyIWish · 10/02/2025 16:20

My pension age is currently 68 so what’s a few more years hey?! Seriously, I find teaching a struggle now at 46! TPS is now linked to state pension age so I guess the options (for the majority of us) are continue working in current job, change jobs or - what I imagine - claim sickness benefits when too ill to work any longer.