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The state pension has already been hiked to 66 for both men and women. It will rise to 67 between April 2026 and March 2028.

And it won’t stop there.

The retirement age is currently scheduled to hit 68 from 2044 but it could be sooner. In 2017 the Cridland review proposed bringing that forward to 2037.

Others have suggested 2035. The Tory government seemed keen but the decision now lies with PM Keir Starmer. He must make it by July 2026.

As yet we don’t know Labour’s thinking. But yesterday Starmer was shown a way of pushing the state pension age ever higher. We should be worried.

In February, the International Longevity Centre said the retirement age must rise to 70 or even 71, to keep it affordable.

The left-wing Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has previously gone further by calling for the retirement age to hit 70 by 2028 and then an unbelievable 75 by 2035.

It thinks we spend too much …