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The government must work towards a sufficiently clear adequacy objective to guide its future decisions...

Recommendation
The government must work towards a sufficiently clear adequacy objective to guide its future decisions on State Pensions and state entitlements. It should say whether a State Pension that tries to avoid poverty but does not necessarily deliver adequacy, represents the extent of its ambitions. (Recommendation, Paragraph 29) Increase in the State Pension age
Addressee Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions
Timeline
Report published 11 Jul 2026