FabSwingers.com forum: Will the Tories raise the pension age to 75?

By *ara J OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

The idea was floated by one of their think-tanks, the Centre for Social Justice.

To raise the current pension age of 65 to 70 by 2028 and 75 by 2035.

Chaired by Duncan Smith.

Will this make it into the Tory manifesto?

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

The pension age will have to keep rising because more people living longer,also most work is not labour intensive so people can work longer

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By *iscreet_divorced_guyMan
over a year ago

central

"The pension age will have to keep rising because more people living longer,also most work is not labour intensive so people can work longer"

Is it not? Perhaps not where you work,

but tell that to the construction workers, factory operatives, cleaners, drivers, or basically to anyone who earns less that £10 per hour!

Only someone in a sedentary working environment, or the unemployed, would suggest that most work is not labour intensive!

What do you work at??

I’m sure it’s not very hard work anyway!!

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Pretty sure even I could outrun a 75 year old copper.

Unless I’m 75 and then it’s gonna look like the worlds saddest race.

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

"The pension age will have to keep rising because more people living longer,also most work is not labour intensive so people can work longer

Is it not? Perhaps not where you work,

but tell that to the construction workers, factory operatives, cleaners, drivers, or basically to anyone who earns less that £10 per hour!

Only someone in a sedentary working environment, or the unemployed, would suggest that most work is not labour intensive!

What do you work at??

I’m sure it’s not very hard work anyway!!"
Yes this is a problem I fel thast different jobs should have different retirement ages but who will do this?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Retirement age has already been raised to 67-68 for men. A bit behind the times OP.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Retirement age has already been raised to 67-68 for men. A bit behind the times OP. "

Read the OPs post properly why dont you sunshine

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

It won't appear in their election manifesto, even though they'd like it. It would scare off too many voters.

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By *ara J OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol East

"The pension age will have to keep rising because more people living longer,"

Yes, that is great news.

The NHS is doing a wonderful job on life expectancy.

It ought to mean more people can live happier and longer in their retirement after a lifetime of work and paying towards their pension.

But no, that would be too much like compassion and humanity for a Conservative.

Let's make more people work until they drop, eh?

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham

The next pension age increase is planned to be another year around 2038 to 2044.

So no, it won't be in the Conservative manifesto. Nor will the Daily Mirror be repeating such claims again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The next pension age increase is planned to be another year around 2038 to 2044.

So no, it won't be in the Conservative manifesto. Nor will the Daily Mirror be repeating such claims again. "

Well said!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think people should work for roughly two thirds of their adult lives, and enjoy retirement for up to one third.

Well that’s my plan

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham

"I think people should work for roughly two thirds of their adult lives, and enjoy retirement for up to one third.

Well that’s my plan

I agree.... Just a shame we never know how long the final third will be.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The UK state pension was never meant to be a living ‘wage’, it was structured to be a supplement to savings in older age. Many European pensions, on the other hand, are full living amounts.

People now don’t generally save for the future- they spend for the present. They expect to not work after 60/65.

Let’s not forget although Western lives are often longer, it’s not always of good quality- memory fails, mobility is lessened, strength is weakened- in general, is that going to be a productive workforce?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think people should work for roughly two thirds of their adult lives, and enjoy retirement for up to one third.

Well that’s my plan

I agree.... Just a shame we never know how long the final third will be. "

We have statistics to give us a rough idea.Between 79 and 82 as about what most get today.

So retirement should be around 60 .Im aiming for 58.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ll only retire when it’s not fun anymore. Realistically though, I find continually doing long haul travelling more exhausting than I used to so parts of the job will fall away as I get older. I find work otherwise a healthy pastime. I find not working to be unhealthy

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

I think everyone should get their state pension at 60 then they can enjoy their retirement years whilst still in reasonable good health and active.If they choose to continue working perhaps it can be deferred and reviewed on a yearly basis.I am due to receive my pension at 66 but will probably stop work at 60.I can see pension age been raised to 70 but not more than that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probably not in the manifesto but it's pretty well known to be Tory policy.

They will either make it mandatory or erode pensions so much you will be anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rubbish.

Our GDP per head is higher than it was in the 60s and we could afford it then.

Just need to make the rich corporates pay their fair share rather than subsidise them through benefits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

But I thought the NHS was doing a terrible job and we are all dropping like flies. Why isn't the pension age going down ?.

I would say that if the tories win, which seems likely, I am sure there must be something that will fuck up their landslide bid quite nicely and if they don't end Austerity very quickly for a while then they will be out on their ear in 5 years time and deservedly so.

They deserve the chance for once in a generation to put things right and my guess is the good times lie ahead.

We have endured 10 years of pretty unremitting doom and gloom. It wont do any harm to put a bit of money in our pockets but there is a difference between having a dump and splitting your trousers which is what Labour seems to be offering us.

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham

"Probably not in the manifesto but it's pretty well known to be Tory policy.

They will either make it mandatory or erode pensions so much you will be anyway. "

Except its not policy.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

my area of work....

answer... not happening that fast....

at the moment as the law stands those born after 1978 are the first to get to state pension age at 68.....

the only thing in the pipeline is there is a green paper out there when that "could" be brought for so those born after 1970 could reach pension at 68..... however as part of that legistlation there may be options to take the pension early but at a reduced amount....

but at the stage.... its all just proposals and nothing close to becoming law

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Retirement age has already been raised to 67-68 for men. A bit behind the times OP.

Read the OPs post properly why dont you sunshine

I did sunshine, it was factually incorrect.

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