The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has established that the average man is working for longer before retiring.Official figures show that in 1984, the average male retired aged 63.7 years. However this has increased from 64.6 years between April and June this year and is now up to 65.Meanwhile, the average retirement age for women [...]

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a rise would be a goood idea cus some people who are retired still wanna work! but raising it too something stupid like 70 is a bad idea

It is done because of aging population: percentage of old people increases in the population that means less people work and more people get pension. The only feasible response by government is increasing retirement age.