A new report from the TUC, the trade union umbrella body representing 5.5m workers, has revealed that 1 in 8 men and women (12%) are forced to stop working before state pension age due to ill-health or disability.

A Freedom of Information request submitted by Canada Life has revealed that over 14,000 people opted to stop receiving their State Pension in the 2018/19 tax year.

“Will you still need me, will you still feed me. When I'm 64.” 

Research has shown that 5 million over-50s plan to continue working in retirement and 300,000 of these plan never to stop.