Under the current plans to raise the state pension between 2044 and 2046, anyone born from April 6, 1978, and onwards would receive their state pension aged 68.

If the increase is brought forward to between 2035 and 2037, anyone born from April 6, 1969, and onwards would receive their state pension aged 68.

But if the Government brings the increase in retirement age forward more quickly, to between 2033 and 2035, anyone born from April 6, 1967, and onwards would have a state pension age of 68.

Tom Selby, head of retirement policy at the investment platform AJ Bell said: “Rishi Sunak will be playing with political fire if he decides to accelerate the planned increase in the state pension age to 68.