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Opinions shift towards longer working lives

By Norma Cohen

Published: May 25 2009 22:29 | Last updated: May 25 2009 22:29

A majority of Britons now favour longer working lives if it means a more generous pension in retirement, a significant shift of opinion in the few years since the subject was raised by the Pensions Commission report in 2005.

A Financial Times/Harris survey of 1,126 adults in Britain conducted in early May, found that 60 per cent of respondents would support working beyond the current state pension age in order to receive a bigger pension.

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