Policy paper

2010 to 2015 government policy: State Pension age

How the government is making sure the State Pension is affordable in the long term and fair between generations.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions, The Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP and The Rt Hon Steve Webb
• Published: 16 April 2013
• Last updated: 8 May 2015
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  1. 8 May 2015

     Policy document from the 2010 to 2015 government preserved in a different format for reference

  2. 5 December 2013

     Added information about the announcement in the Autumn Statement 2013 that people should spend, on average, up to one third of their adult life drawing a State Pension.

  3. 8 August 2013

     Welfare reform communications toolkit link added.

  4. 10 May 2013

     Updated information with references to the publication of the Pensions Bill.

  5. 16 April 2013

     First published.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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