Claim: Government proposals on raising the state pension age will see 36.9 million people having to work longer.
Fact-check: Do pension changes mean 37 million people working longer? - Full Fact
Verdict: only around six million people are affected by the government's most recent proposals. 32 million people already have a pensionable age higher than 66 years as things stand. the government's proposals to bring the rise forward by seven years would bring this up to 38 million .
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Will Hulme
Date published: 2017-08-18T00:00:00