Get early retirees off the golf course and back to work – why early retirement isn’t good for UK plc

Giving up work in your 50s is a wealthy indulgence that should be discouraged – the new pension commission needs to widen its remitEarly retirement is a wealthy indulgence that needs to be discouraged. As a minimum, ministers should strip away any inducement offered by the tax system for people who want to retire in their 50s.Every western country needs their more mature workers to keep going, if not full time, then part time. And if not paid work, then unpaid voluntary work that acknowledges the luck that flows from being a 21st-century baby boomer in good health.The commission should ask why anyone in the 21st century should think they can put their feet up seven days a week when they are fit and well, and able to participate in economic life. Continue reading...

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