news artical

[Honey]

now you'll work till you are 70
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... nsion.html

[wendy]

its a good job you are not in your 20's then.
this was bound to happen, for the young people as they will be expected to live for longer.

[annie]

I feel sorry for them, people are living longer, but not necessarily fitter. Many firms won't employ over 50s , never mind over 60s & what of those in physical jobs, they wont be able to carry on indefinitely. Can you honestly see 69 year old firefighters, policeman, nurses and builders?

[wendy]

unless there is a plague or war

[maureenho]

I reckon the Government have raised the qualifying pension age to kill us off sooner so we can't claim the state pension.

[Rosalind]

I think this is terrible, the government are hoping people will die from too much work and it will save them paying out. I have to wait another six years for my old age pension, by then I will be 66.

[wendy]

I would feel terribly let down if like you I had to wait until I was 66 to get the pension.
Ross found these details and life expectancy rates for us, I have found it most interesting.
It is a good job we dont live in Sierra Leone, the life expectancy is only 46

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... expectancy

[wendy]

The United Kingdom does not come out well and we are number 19
the life expectancy is 81.
and Japan has the longest life expectancy.