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Sunak fails to rule out state pension age rise
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RISHI SUNAK struggled to allay fears for the future of the state pension today under pressure from Labour at Prime Minister’s Questions.
Pressed by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer over funding his plan to abolish National Insurance, Mr Sunak failed to rule out a major rise in the pension age.
Scrapping National Insurance would cost £46 billion a year, Sir Keir reminded the Prime Minister, and he had not explained how this cost would be covered.
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