Lowering the state pension age for women won’t create four million jobs for young people
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By Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Lowering the state pension age for women back to 60 would create four million jobs for the younger generation.
A Facebook post shared 22,000 times claims that four million job vacancies would be created for young people if the state pension age for women was lowered back to 60. This is not accurate.
The post says: ‘4 million job vacancies could be created for the younger generation in one fell swoop, by moving 50s women pension back to 60.’ The post seems to at...
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