Do you think there should or should not be a lower state pension age for those who spent most of their working life in physically demanding manual labour jobs?

Do you think there should or should not be a lower state pension age for those who spent most of their working life in physically demanding manual labour jobs? Published on 23 October 2025 → Survey conducted on 23 October 2025 on 7489 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Definitely should

23%

Probably should

38%

Probably should not

13%

Definitely should not

10%

Don't know

16%

Definitely should

23%

Probably should

38%

Probably should not

13%

Definitely should not

10%

Don't know

16%

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