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Poverty line pension system not fit for purpose - Burstow

December 1, 2005 12:00 AM

Commenting on the Turner Commission report, Paul Burstow MP, Co Chair of the All Party Group on Ageing and Older People said:

"The Commission makes it clear that the present pension system is not fit for purpose. Too many people face a retirement dependent on means-testing to keep them above the poverty line.

"The report makes a powerful case for an end to mass means-testing and higher basic pension that lifts every pensioner out of poverty.

"Sustaining a new pensions settlement will mean changing the state pension age and Turner makes a good case for moving to 68 by 2050.

"This report provides a basis for reaching a workable consensus around which pension reform can proceed."

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