Sally West, policy manager at Age UK, highlighted people’s perceptions that the “goal posts” would be moved in relation to their state pension age. Ms West said that more support should be given to people approaching state pension age. She said: “There’s more that could be done to be telling people on a regular basis not just the bad news that the state pension is going up but also confirming… you can be confident that your state pension age is this age, this is how you can get your state pension forecast. The DWP said in January that no decision had been taken on changes to the state pension age. John Cridland, who previously carried out a review into state pension age, also gave evidence to the committee.
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