MP, Labour’s Shadow
Secretary for Work and Pensions, will meet with pensioner groups
and local residents across the UK to discuss how a future Labour
government can provide dignity and security in retirement.
The Conservative Government has announced plans to extend the
retirement age from 66 to 68 from 2037, which will see 36.9
million people having to work longer.
Analysis by the shows the number of people
who will be affected by the Tories increase in the State Pension
age, broken down by constituency.
Tens of thousands of people in every constituency who are
currently under 48 years old will be affected, including 58,213
people in ’s constituency of Maidenhead,
60,928 in ’s constituency of South West
Hertsfordshire and 63,254 in Phillip Hammond’s constituency
of Runnymede and Weybridge.
Labour has rejected this increase to the State Pension Age and
instead is reviewing a flexible retirement age as part of the
party's Commission on Pensions.
, Labour’s Shadow Work and
Pensions Secretary, said:
“Thanks to the Tories increasing the State Pension age, 36.9
million people will be forced to work longer, at the
same time that evidence indicates life expectancy
has stalled in some places and is reducing in
others.
“Conservative MPs must explain to the tens of thousands of people
in their constituencies, why the burden of Tory austerity is
being pushed onto them, while corporations and the richest
individuals receive tax breaks.
“ should answer her 58,213
constituents, and the 36.9 million people across Britain,
whose hard-earned retirements are being postponed because of
her government.
“Labour will keep the State Pension age at 66 and this tour will
help us review, as part of our commitment to people powered
politics, the pension system, with a view to guaranteeing a
secure and healthy retirement for the many, not just the few.”
