Tory Cabinet minister Mel Stride has claimed it's not in the Brits' "national psyche" to start rioting over issues like the state pension.
It comes after the DWP chief announced in March a decision on hiking the state pension age to 68 earlier had been delayed until after the next general election.
The state pension age is due to rise to 68 from 2044, but reports suggested ministers had wanted to bring that forward - potentially as early as 2035.