Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, has come under fire from government backbenchers over plans to fast-track changes to the pension age, which will leave 500,000 women waiting more than an extra year before they can retire with a state pension.
The work and pensions secretary refused to bow to increasing pressure from all sides of the Commons during a debate on the pensions bill, saying there would be no change to the timetable and conceding only that he was "willing to work to get this transition right".
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