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Huge health inequalities render pension plan flawed

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Self-congratulatory chancellor praises "absolutely enormous" pension savings

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What suits the Queen’s family, “shouldn’t be inflicted on the rest of us”

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Queen's speech: pension age of 67 brought forward eight years

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Pensions set to be key issue in next week's Queen's speech

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A shake-up to the pensions system will be at the heart of next Wednesday’s Queen’s speech.

Retired at 33: the new 'reverse retirement' exposes the absurdity of pension age hike

One of the strongest reasons for opposing the hike to the state pension age is that raising it to 68 will force thousands of people to retire into ill health.

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Survey reveals widespread scepticism over pensions systems

One of the strongest reasons for opposing the hike to the state pension age is that raising it to 68 will force thousands of people to retire into ill health.

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Survey results recently published by the charity Age UK (read more) paint a grim and confused picture of our pensions system.

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Flat rate pension is brought forward, further squeezing public services

Commentators warn that public sector employees will fund a £5.5bn Treasury boost, as this spring's budget brings pensions changes.

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State Pension Age changes to Speed Up

The Government's plans to overhaul the state pension scheme were finally published on January 14.

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Only the wealthy can avoid "chronic uncertainty" over pensions

A top philosopher says Britain is going back to a Dickensian world where only the rich have any security.

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Bloggers for '68 is too late'

Bloggers have been spreading the '68 is too late' campaign across the internet.

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TV's Nick Hewer fears government pension age plans will make workers exhausted

Apprentice star makes TV progammes about working into old age and concludes low paid manual workers will be in a "dreadful situation".

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'68 is too late' campaign on BBC Radio 4

The consumer programme 'You and Yours' featured the '68 is too late' campaign today (Tuesday 10 July) - you can hear it on the iplayer.

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TV and radio puts spotlight on working past 65

Two TV documentaries and a BBC Radio 4 phone-in concentrate on the problems of working into your late sixties and early seventies.

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BBC One show will ask if 68 really is too late

'When I'm 65' is a new televsion series about older people.

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More stats about ill health in mid to late 60s

A report from the Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) provides more evidence that we will be retiring into ill health.

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Doctors' leaders promise to discuss '68 is too late'

Doctors taking industrial action are protesting against having to work to 68 - as well as other changes to their pension.

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Motion backing ‘68 is too late’ goes to Unison conference

 Delegates at this-week's policy making conference of the UK's biggest public sector union are being asked to support the '68 is too late' pension age campaign.

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Doctors taking action over pension age

Doctors will be taking industrial action on Thursday (June 21) over changes to their pension scheme.

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Official statistics show up pension age plans

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirm that many people in the UK are already retiring straight into ill health.

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Union branches can back '68 is too late'

The first two local branches to support the campaign are both from the National Union of Journalists. All union branches welcome.

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Experts agree pension age can't go up for ever

A report by an international body that advises governments on economic policy acknolwedges that there is a point where people can no longer work.

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Top teachers' website debates '68 is too late' campaign

A '68 is too late' discussion group has started on the Times Educational Supplement  website.

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Win support from your union or Labour party branch

Labour activists are organising in the party and affiliated unions to win support for '68 is too late'.

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French pension age is going down

The recently-elected socialist president of France has started the legal process to reduce the retirment age for many wworkers to 60.

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Your kids will work to 80

The UK government has introduced a plan to make babies born this year work until they are 80.

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