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NASUWT: Union sets a 68 limit on pension age increases
by Felicity Collier in Manchester
INCREASING the state pension age was rejected by delegates at the annual conference of teachers’ union NASUWT yesterday.
Teachers voted against any further rise beyond the age of 68, and spoke of the devastating effect that government changes to pensions since 2011 have had on quality of life in retirement.
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