To fix the pensions crisis, we must first reduce poverty | Letters

Prof Elspeth Webb says raising the pension age will not address the problems created by health inequity and poverty among older people. Plus letters from Ged Whitney, Nick Watson and Alison Loris In Amelia Hill's article (UK state pension age will soon need to rise to 71, say experts, 5 February), Les Mayhew of the International Longevity Centre is quoted as saying: "In the UK, state pension age would need to be 70 or 71 compared with 66 now ... But if you bring preventable ill health into the e...