A seaside town where the average life expectancy is as low as 67 years old is in uproar at government plans to increase the state pension age to 68
. For decades, Blackpool has been a popular holiday destination for millions of Brits but hidden away from the much loved illuminations and the thrills of Pleasure Beach rides is the severe poverty faced there.
Builder Alex Johnston, from nearby Lytham St Annes, branded the government’s pension plan as 'bonkers'. "With a lot of the hazardous materials we have to deal with, the dust, even with the PPE we wear, it is still a higher risk for respiratory problems, which will probably end up lowering our life expectancy.”
Her assistant Cat Barry, 39, said: “We are looking at getting our pensions in another 30 years, but by then the state pension age will have gone up again. And people will not be able to physically do it.” Top news stories today He said: “My dad is 62 and he has another five years to go before he gets his pension and he has worked all his life, and now they want to increase it again? It is wrong.
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