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Age of retirement — Third report from the Social Services Committee. Vol 1: Report; together with the proceedings of the Committee
Corporate Author	Social Services Committee, House of Commons
Publisher	HMSO, London, 1982
Pages	98 pp (HC 26-I, session 1981/82)
Keywords	Retirement age ; Pensions ; Reports.
Annotation	The purpose of the Committee's enquiry was to consider the need for change in the present pension age and retirement age system. This arose from an awareness of a growing demand for the state male pension age to be lowered to ease the unemployment situation, and of a growing movement towards early retirement. The report describes the present situation and assumptions about future developments. It considers the principles on which to found a new found pension age system, considers the options, and includes proposals for a new system. The Committee recommends a scheme of flexible pension age based on a new notional common pension age of 63. It also calls for phased retirement schemes, and for giving more publicity to, and making more attractive, alternatives such as job-sharing and part-time work. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-930423099 B
Classmark	G5A: JJ: 6K
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