The strategy you cite is part of a broader goal that husbands and wives should have when it comes to Social Security: timing when they start benefits in order to produce the highest combined income over their lifetimes.

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Social Care Minister Chris Robertshaw said the timing of the report means the figures do not show the whole picture.

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