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A state pension age review from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) and Labour Party government has hit a "critical juncture" - because thousands of over-60s "already live in poverty".

Catherine Foot, Director of the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement, said it is vital that any changes "do not deepen inequality or hardship," with thousands of people in their early 60s already living in poverty.

Ms Foot said: "The State Pension is at a critical juncture with questions over its long-term affordability and sustainability. In our own deliberative research which asked people what they thought was ‘fair’ there was a broad consensus that future pensioners should enjoy the same guarantees as those currently in retirement, striking a balance between State P

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