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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Sly

Terminally ill people urge government to pay pensions early ‘to enjoy life while you can’

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Terminally ill people are calling for the government to start paying their state pensions earlier.

End-of-life charity Marie Curie claims the cost would be £114 million a year, which amounts to one tenth of one per cent of the annual state pension bill.

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