The British government will not decide to delay raising the retirement age to 68 until 2024. It has been reported Reuters.
UK residents currently retire at age 66, with plans to increase that age to 67 between 2026 and 2028 and then to 68 between 2044 and 2046.
In 2017, it was proposed to raise the retirement age from 2037 to 2039. The government is required by law to review the state retirement age every 6 years.
Work and Pensions Minister Mel Stride said the government will stick with the planned 67 increase, but a decision on the timing of raising the retirement age to 68 will be delayed.
The state pension in the UK is £185.15 per week (more than 12 thousand rubles) for those who reach retirement age after 6 April 2016.
Earlier, the French government passed the Parliament on March 16, passing the pension reform. The initiator of this decision is said to be French President Emmanuel Macron. Macron’s note amid pension reform fallen dropped to its lowest level in four years. Pension reform in France includes increasing the retirement age from 62 to 64.
It was previously reported that two-thirds of the French were in favor of the Cabinet’s resignation due to pension reform. pension reform caused Thousands of protests across the country.