Pensions - Articles - One thing Clinton and Trump have in common

 • Trump aged 70 and Clinton aged 69 are both working past traditional retirement ages
 • In the UK, healthy life expectancy at 65 is 10.3 years for men and 10.9 years for women
 • Those in ‘retirement’ supplement their income with earnings of £148 per week

 “The presidential hopefuls are in good company. There’s a growing trend towards working to a later age with 1.2 million people in the UK workforce aged 65 or over. Pensioner households are now typically supplementing their incomes with an average of £148 per week from employment and this trend looks set to continue as generous defined benefit pensions become increasingly rare. While it’s good news that more older people have the option of working to a later age, not all will want to. Average healthy life expectancy at 65 is around ten years, but for some this figure will be less and they may be unable to work. It’s therefore important that people start making retirement provisions early so that it’s a personal choice over whether or not to keep working rather than a financial need.”