Policy paper

Future State Pension age rises: DWP background note

A background note on the core principle underpinning future State Pension age rises, announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 5 December 2013

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

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The core principle underpinning future State Pension age rises: DWP background note

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In the Autumn Statement on 5 December 2013, the Chancellor announced the government’s position that people should spend, on average, up to one third of their adult life drawing a State Pension.

This note provides further detail on this core principle and how it may be defined in practice.

Find out all the latest about the Autumn Statement 2013.

Published 5 December 2013