DWP Responds to Calls to Lower Pension Age
A petition signed by 76,972 signatories this summer called on the chancellor for a lower pension age to decrease eligibility from 66 to 60 years for both men and women. The petition argued that the state pension age should be lowered to 60 with “imminent effect” due to the impacts of the pandemic on the jobs market. It also argues that this is necessary to...