State pension

Unite the union has said the government is not recording the amount of workers being forced to leave their jobs early due to ill health and injury as it ...

“Too many workers in highly physically demanding jobs are already being forced out of work before the state pension age. “The government is required by law to regularly review the state pension age and the second state pension age review is currently considering, based on a wide range of evidence including latest life expectancy data and two independent reports, whether the rules around state pension age remain appropriate,” the spokesperson said. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “This revelation will send a shudder through the UK workforce.