Two days before the Autumn Statement, where the chancellor brought forward rises in the state pension age to 68 by the 2030s instead of the current planned date of 2046, Baroness (Patricia) Hollis of Heigham, a Labour peer and member of the Pensions Advisory Service, described a one-size-fits-all pension age as “regressive and unfair”.
In a debate on the Pensions Bill in the House of Lords, Baroness Hollis said the current rules forced those who have had “hard lives” to subsidise those who were expected to live longer, having been “better educated and better off”.
Adviser view
Two days before the Autumn Statement, where the chancellor brought forward rises in the state pension age to 68 by the 2030s instead of the current planned date of 2046, Baroness (Patricia) Hollis of Heigham, a Labour peer and member of the Pensions Advisory Service, described a one-size-fits-all pension age as “regressive and unfair”.
UK life expectancy by region
Males
Life expectancy*
Healthy life expectancy*
South East
80.0
65.7
South West
79.8
65.1
East
79.9
64.8
East Midlands
78.7
63.0
London
79.3
63.0
West Midlands
78.4
62.5
North West
77.4
61.0
Yorkshire and The Humber
78.1
61.0
North East
77.5
59.7
Females
South East
83.8
67.0
South West
83.7
66.3
East
83.6
66.2
London
83.6
63.8
East Midlands
82.8
63.3
West Midlands
82.6
62.8
Yorkshire and The Humber
82.0
62.1
North West
81.5
61.7
North East
81.5
60.2
