Claim: French workers retire 6 years earlier.
Fact-check: How wages and pensions in the UK and France compare - Full Fact
Verdict: the legal minimum retirement age at which someone can claim their pension in france is currently 62, while in the uk it's currently 66. the gap in actual average retirement ages may be different.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-01-30T00:00:00