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Why have young people developed a nihilism around the state pension?

Why have young people developed a nihilism around the state pension?

Update: 2025-12-05

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There is a widespread belief that there will no longer be a state pension in the future, which has emerged among young people. This is one of the beliefs that Young Money blog founder Iona Bain has noticed developing among generation Z and millennials, as she tells FT Adviser editor Simoney Kyriakou.

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Why have young people developed a nihilism around the state pension?

Why have young people developed a nihilism around the state pension?