On Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:31:37 -0700 (PDT), jgharston
wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:
Not necessarily - he might not be old enough to qualify for a state
pension yet.

I'm retired, but am "only" 62 :-)

Good point. I'm 42, but I get the feeling the Job Centre wishes
I could retire and stop pestering them, particularly as they
penalise me for actually owning a pension.

I retired six years ago (give or take a few days) and have had _one_
pension increase of ca. 3% a couple of years ago. That's all - so much
for so-called "gold-plated" pensions.

--
Frank Erskine