The state pension age should be lowered to 65 with all plans to increase it scrapped, a new manifesto has said.

Trade Union Unite has called for the policy change in its ‘Decent Retirement for All’ manifesto, with the General Election just a few weeks away.

The document states: “Workers deserve to look forward to a long and healthy retirement. Life expectancy is declining and increasing numbers of people are dropping out of work due to ill health.

“The planned state pension age rises should be…