Screenshot of a UK Parliament webpage titled ‘Transition to State Pension age’ under the Work and Pensions Committee. The page displays the following inquiry text: ‘The last time the State Pension age went up there was a jump in the number of pre-pensioners (people aged 60+ but below pension age) in poverty. This group are the joint poorest among working age adults. We are launching this inquiry to consider the case for providing additional support for people in the pre-pensioner age group to bridge the income gap as the State Pension age starts to rise from 66 to 67 in April.’ A link at the bottom reads: ‘Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry
" #Policymakers need to account for different #demographic characteristics that individuals bring when transitioning to #statepension age," say CPC-CG and @cra-soton.bsky.social researchers in evidence submitted to the #Work and #Pensions Committee inquiry: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...