Blunkett welcomes government move on retirement age

07/29/2010

Blunkett welcomes government move on retirement age

Former Work and Pensions Secretary, Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, has welcomed the coalition Government’s move to scrap the compulsory retirement age.

Mr Blunkett began the debate on the removal of the compulsory retirement rule when in office in 2005.

Mr Blunkett said: “Just for once, I can actually applaud the coalition for taking a measure which I tried and failed to complete five years ago.

“Despite overwhelming arguments in favour of lifting the restriction, the best I could do in office was to persuade colleagues to review the situation at a later date. That later date has now fallen to the new Administration.

“This is one example of where the Labour Government might have acted to take a popular and necessary move, alongside raising the retirement age and addressing the major issue of ageing – which I did manage to successfully argue back in 2005.”

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David’s political career dates back to his election as a councillor in Sheffield at the age of 22, his leadership of the Council in the 1980s, and his election to Parliament in 1987. After serving on the Shadow Cabinet, he became Education and Employment Secretary in 1997, Home Secretary in 2001, and Work and Pensions Secretary in 2005. Since leaving government, in addition to completing his diaries, “The Blunkett Tapes”, David has undertaken a series of major pieces of work – including on anti poverty and affordable credit; on social mobility; a review of the future role of the community and voluntary sector at the request of the then Prime Minister; chaired a major review of dedicated school transport, leading a Commission which recommended extensive changes; undertaken a review of police accountability for the Home Office which helped shape a subsequent Government White Paper; and served on the Speaker’s Conference which recommended substantial changes to improve representation in the House of Commons. As well as working on behalf of his constituency and contributing to a number of voluntary and not-for-profit organisations, David is now being a constructive thorn in the side of the coalition government.

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