Rise in women’s state pension age prompts poverty concerns
The Guardian reports that campaigners say the accelerated timetable for achieving parity has hit women hard.
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Women face ‘shocking’ 40% gender pension gap
The Financial Times states that "UK state retirement age reaches parity but income remains unequal".
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The outburst in Parliament today shows how angry and desperate WASPI...
Writing in the iNews, WASPI Director Jane Cowley asks: "Why are older women’s needs so easily ignored by this Government?"
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BBC Radio 4 Money Box: State pension age equalisation
Women born on 6 November 1953 will make history this year as, for the first time since World War 2, they will qualify for...
“Do you accept that these women weren’t warned?”
An incredibly powerful piece on BBC Radio 4's 'The World at One', which describes itself as "Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for...
“As pensions minister, I was told to ignore women facing hardship”
Writing in iNews, Baroness Ros Altmann, former Pensions Minister, states that Iain Duncan Smith refused to engage with the 1950s women and that she...