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The state pension age was already set to be 65.
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But not 66 as you concede.
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All that was changed was the changeover to 66/67 was brought forward a bit.
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Thousands of pounds.
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If you wouldn't qualify for benefits at 65, you now have those extra couple of years to fill in any NI gaps.
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People who make proper financial plans for their retirement generally don’t run around in the final year or two plugging gaps. An irrelevance too it really.
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I don't quite see how the cost of this sexist freebie costs almost twice as much as if the changes had never been made, £58bn vs £30bn.
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“A sexist freebie” ha ha ha. I’m sure the households who would benefit to the tune of thousands won’t care for the distinction. The Government pulled the rug from under them at short notice.