UK should axe state pension for rich people, says OECD

‘Britain should stop giving the state pension to the rich and instead spend the money on benefits for the poor, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The Paris-based thinktank said that ending payments to the wealthiest 5% to 10% would allow the government to give more to people in greater need of support.
Under the current system, anyone who has paid national insurance for 30 years is eligible for the state pension, regardless of wealth.
In comments reported by the Financial Times, Mark Pearson, deputy director of employment, labour and social affairs with the OECD, said that like other countries, the UK faced the rising costs of an ageing population, with more pensioners and fewer people of working age.’
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