The Government is to bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 under plans to prolong the working life of millions of people under 50.
Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb said timescales set by the previous Labour administration, under which the pension age was to be increased to 67 in 2036 and 68 by 2046, were "too slow".
Ministers are already pushing the pensions bill through Parliament that will raise the age at which men and women can claim a pension to 66 by 2020.
It has been reported that the retirement age could rise to 67 as early as 2026 - affecting millions of people in their 40s who would have expected to stop work at 66.
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