> Suggesting that people will decide not to work if you give them £6k a year is a ridiculous straw man.
Around 1.2 million people over the pensionable age live on only the state pension (and that has other qualification requirements). That's a little more than the number of people over 60 actually in work.
Sure, 40 year olds typically have a little more energy than 70 year olds and quite probably a few years of mortgage payments left, but I still think you can safely add more than a few thousand early [semi]retirees if you open it up to everyone and remove all qualification requirements.
Around 1.2 million people over the pensionable age live on only the state pension (and that has other qualification requirements). That's a little more than the number of people over 60 actually in work.
Sure, 40 year olds typically have a little more energy than 70 year olds and quite probably a few years of mortgage payments left, but I still think you can safely add more than a few thousand early [semi]retirees if you open it up to everyone and remove all qualification requirements.