The majority of the British public believe that the retirement age for receiving the state pension will have to rise to at least 69, polling has found.

Sixty-nine per cent of voters think the state pension age will have to rise beyond the current plan to increase it to 68 between 2044 and 2046 , according to a poll by BMG Research. Only 12 per cent did not think it would rise beyond that.

Although most voters see the increase as inevitable, support for raising the state pension age is low.

Voters were asked to choose which of three options they most supported to reduce the cost of the state pension – ending the ‘triple lock’, which increases the state pension by the highest of inflation, wage growth or 2.5 per cent, raising the retirement age or requiring employers to contribute more

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