The Independent - 19.08.2019

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MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019

Pension age should rise to 75,


Tory think tank suggests


The Centre for Social Justice is co-founded by former Conservative leader and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan-Smith
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CHIARA GIORDANO


The state pension age should be raised to 75 within the next 16 years to help boost the UK economy,
according to a Tory think tank.


In a new report, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has proposed an increase of the pension age to 70 by
2028 and 75 by 2035.


The pension age is already set to increase to 67 by 2028 and to 68 by 2046 – but the organisation, co-
founded by former Conservative leader and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan-Smith, wants to see a


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