Should we raise state pension age or axe the triple lock?

Podcast: This is Money Podcast · This is Money

Opublikowano: 2026-07-17

The rise in the state pension age looks likely to speed up again, as it was revealed this week that the Government has already been banking the gains. It is now almost certain that the state pension age will rise to 68 between 2037 and 2039, seven years earlier than the official timetable. But will it have to go up again and when? And is a further rise fair when life expectancy has stalled and it's the triple lock that's driving up costs? On this episode of the This is Money Podcast, Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce...