Reeves warns Pensions Bill must be finished before summer

Reeves, Labour MP for Leeds West, said the Pensions Bill has been subject to a "massive delay". The bill, which contains a controversial clause increasing the women's state pension age (SPA) to 66 by 2020, had its first Commons reading five weeks ago on 27 April. "It must be finished before the summer recess or we will have to start again in the autumn," Reeves added. A date for the second reading has yet to be set. Reeves claimed there was an opportunity for the reading to take place tomorrow, but another bill reading has been scheduled instead. "There has been a massive dela...