A seaside town where the average life expectancy is as low as 67 years old is in uproar at government plans to increase the state pension age to 68. For decades, Blackpool has been a popular holiday destination for millions of Brits but hidden away from the much loved illuminations and the thrills of Pleasure Beach rides is the severe poverty faced there.
According to government figures in 2019, the town had eight out of ten of the most deprived neighbourhoods in England. Inside Blackpool's Bloomfield ward the average life expectancy of men is only 67 years and three months, the Mirror reports.
Locals in the resort have responded to the governments 'bonkers' new plan to increase the state pension age to even older as they argue 'we are going to end up working until we die'.
