People aged 66 who are suffering hardship should be given an increase in Universal Credit while they wait longer for their state pension, according to MPs.
The age at which you start receiving the state pension is currently on the increase from 66, and will be 67 for everyone by April 2028.
This will plunge many older people into poverty and the Government should to more to give financial help to the most vulnerable, say MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee.
People aged in their early to mid-60s who cannot work due to health issues, caring duties or inability to carry on in physical jobs are being left to rely on savings they might have set aside for retirement, according to their Transition to State Pension Age report published today.
Others are being forced to choose between poverty and risking their health if they try to keep working until state pension age at 67, it suggests.
