A child born today will have to work until they are 77 before they become eligible for a state pension.
Scotland Tonight discussed the pensions time bomb.
The programme featured Age Scotland's Callum Chomczuk; and businesswoman and recent candidate on TV's The Apprentice Laura Hogg, student Jamie Moore and the independent financial adviser Alan Mackie.
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