Pensions dilemma

FEW people doubt that raising the pension age is simply a financial expedient, and while average longevity is increasing that doesn’t mean people are necessarily going to have as good a quality of life retiring at 68 as they would at 60.

However, the study suggesting mental decline begins earlier in life than previously thought (your report, 6 January) may make the raised pension age a cost rather than a saving.

A workforce with a higher proportion in mental decline would be less productive and more inefficient, as well as possibly demoralised. So, what exactly is the benefit to society?

Rod Wallace

Standalane

Kincardine, Fife