Why 68 is too late:
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1. Among Europe’s oldest pensioners
Ours will be among the highest state pension ages in Europe.
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2. We will retire into ill health
Life expectancy is increasing - but government figures show that women only stay healthy to 69 and men to 67.
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3. Young people on the scrapheap
Increasing the state pension age to 68 will mean an extra 1.2 million older people being forced to stay in the workforce.