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The Office for National Statistics has said in its latest study: Living Longer: Is Age 70 The New Age 65?

The Report Paints A Rosy Picture Of Life Past 70 ........

..... that we are now living so much longer, and in so much better health that the Biblical lifespan of ‘three score years and ten’ (aged 70), has probably now become the age point, at which people should be allowed to retire on a state pension.

Death and Taxes

They say that only two things are certain: Death and Taxes - neither of which are calculable as a final reckoning so to speak ..... well up until now.

There Are No Loopholes

 
The statisticians at the TaxPayers Alliance have used figures gleaned from the Office for National Statistics to at least determine what your likely tax bill for a lifetime will be.

Persistent Poverty Rates

What is poverty in the first world? Is it the same as poverty in the third world or can poverty only be measured against the lifestyles of those around you?

Persistent Poverty Rates Europe ......

Well the Office for National Statistics believes that not only is poverty measurable but it can be compared with other countries. Their definition of poverty is any household that subsists on less than 60 per cent of average national disposable income, which in Britain is a figure of £12,567 or below as disposable income but obviously differs for each country.