Default retirement age abolished
The default retirement age in the UK has been fully abolished after being phased out from April this year. Workers can no longer be forced to retire at the age of 65 or over after today.
Can you retire early?
If you retire early, or stop work due to redundancy, ill-health or other reasons, your State Pension and other pensions you're entitled to may be affected.
Find out if you can have enough to live on in retirement on the Directgov website.
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