WASPI: Britons call for ‘bridging pension’ to compensate 50s women - 'do the right thing!'
State Pension age changes were enacted to ensure age equalisation between men and women, after old rules meant women could retire at 60, and men at 65. These alterations were enacted as a result of two separate Pension Acts, in 1995 and 2011, respectively. However, certain women, particularly those born in the 1950s, have asserted they were not given ample notice to prepare for these changes.
As a result, then, many have said they have faced financial hardship, societal issues and even mental health challenges.
The campaign group Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) alongside another group known as Backto60 have raised these issues, although they have different aims.
Now, a petition has appeared on Parliament’s official website, calling for the Government to take further action.
Entitled ‘Provide bridging pension and compensation for WASPI women’ the petition urges the matter to be considered in further depth.
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