YOU HAVE YOUR SAY
EVERY week Money Mail receives hundreds of your letters and emails about our stories. Here are some about why many of us are working for longer.
BOTH my parents died aged 55. I retired at 61 after my husband recovered from cancer and we reassessed our priorities. I won’t receive a state pension for another four years, but working part-time wasn’t an option.
S. Y., Newcastle.
MY SPOUSE and I had good jobs in the civil service for more than 30 years. Our pensions are good, so we’re lucky. However, we’ve also always had good foresight and planned for retirement. God help today’s youngsters.
E. H., Nottingham.
I AM 58 next year and as soon as I can afford to stop doing the 6.30am to 5.30pm working day I will pack it in. Unfortunately, the pandemic has hit my private pension fund hard. I’m hoping it will bounce back over the next few years.
B. F., Huddersfield.
I RETIRED when I was 65 after putting some money aside over the years. My job had changed so much and it was no longer the role I had previously loved. It was definitely the right time to get out, I’m very happy now.
A. V., Milton Keynes.
INSTEAD of raising the retirement age, they should lower it and free up jobs for the unemployed. It won’t be long before it hits 70 and nobody will be fit or well enough to enjoy their retirement.
N. M., by email.
MY COMPANY is outsourcing my department, so I am taking voluntary redundancy with six months’ pay. I will be 55 by then and, while I’ll look for another job, I don’t want to work more than three days a week.
P. P., Hampshire.
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