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I support this move for number of reasons.
1. The country cannot sustain our pensions (thanks to Gordie) so we need to work longer.
2. We are much healthier now at 65 than in my parents and their parents time, so we are able to work longer.
3. The state pension is a pittance and this move allows those who can and want to, to work that bit longer.
4. It gives us, the individual the choice to carry on if we want to, rather than being ejected by youth driven employers.
5. It marks the first stage, I hope, of this Government tackling the rampant age discrimination in this country.
I get report every month telling me the state of the IT industry in the UK. In the "Jobs" section there are ALWAYS more jobs than applicants, yet I know several 'old gits' who are more than capable experience-wise of doing a good job but don't get a look-in. This is because either the qualifications required are set unnecessarily high, or, they are deemed at 50+ not to be 'energetic', the new word for young.
I've already mentioned the HR slimeballs who now insist on a 2:1 degree before they will even condescend/waste their time looking at a c.v.
So, I'm probably being overly optimistic, but to me this marks a potential turning point in this country's behaviour towards it's experienced workforce, and it is long overdue and an indictment against the Labour Party who failed to sort this out when in power.