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I'm sure there are many very valid reasons why this change is problematic for the unfortunate people involved, but to my eyes it does look a bit... odd that they're complaining they've been unfairly treated for (checks notes) being given the same as Men born in the 50's.

But hey, I'm just a 36 year old with no realistic expectations of ever being able to claim a state pension, let alone retire. What do I know.

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[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Why would you post an article you have not read?

For years, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has been investigating how the retirement age rise was communicated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to women most likely to be impacted by the change.

In 2021, its initial finding of maladministration by the DWP centred on a delay in providing direct information to this group of women.

While some women were aware of the general policy change, they did not know it would affect them personally. The ombudsman said that letters should have been sent directly to these women more than two years earlier than they were. For some, the delay was much longer.

And, just in case you're feeling all hard done by, pension rights were only equalised in 2005 (because civil partnerships meant the inequality affected men as well as women). It was not retrospectively applied and my mother has retired by then. So her pension scheme will pay the widows of the men in her pension scheme but her widower will get nothing. And the same applies to most of the pension contributions made by women before 2005; top-sliced to subsidise the men in the same pension schemes. Quit your whining.

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago

Why would you post an article you have not read?

Mainly because of a lack of time but a deep interest in drumming up a little activity in the community if I'm honest.

My opinion may well be wrong and Ill thought-out, but I'll stand by posting articles from the beeb if I think they've got some relevance to the overall community, which I think this one does.

Thanks for the cordial conversation friend. I'll quit my whining now.

[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

The article from the Beeb is fine. It's just that it answers the question you asked.

Thanks for the content tho.

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