Little wonder then that the state pension is a significant drain on overall tax revenue.
You don’t have to retire when you hit retirement age, for me that’s 67 but in the next decade I think it’ll be 70+.
However I do a physical job and 67 I’m ready for it.
My dad died of Prostate Cancer at 76 in 2011, my mum died of Parkinson disease in 2019 at the age of 82, so I don’t take retirement in good health for granted, but I do hope for it.
You've got to accentuate the positive.
Eliminate the negative.
Latch on to the affirmative.
Don't mess with mister in between.