DWP and Labour reject state pension change and have 'no plans'The DWP has "no plans" to reduce the state pension age to 60, it says, despite calls to do so. View Image DWP and Labour reject state pension change and have 'no plans'A big change to the state pension has been rejected by the Labour Party and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The DWP has "no plans" to reduce the state pension age to 60, it says, despite calls to do so. "We think that Government policy seems intent on the State Pension being a benefit not paid to all, while ever increasing the age of entitlement. ‌Catherine Foot, director of the Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement, said: "In our ageing society the affordability of the state pension is a constant point of discussion and the government has kicked off a review of state pension age.