Rising state pension age is not a penalty on the young
5 December 2013 Rising state pension age is not a penalty on the young – it’s an opportunity to embrace a new type of retirement Retirement needs to change – it is not an aspiration to live on a state pension for over 30 years! There is much angst this morning about the Chancellor’s suggestion of increasing state pension ages for younger generations. Quite frankly, the concerns seem based on out of date ideas about the nature of state pensions and retirement. …