Many are outraged
WASPI - Women Against State Pension Inequality - campaigners have been warned they are unlikely to receive the "thousands and thousands" they are expecting following the State Pension age change.
Money Saving Expert founder explained: "The WASPI and over-60s campaign has been going on a long time and it’s something I’ve supported. It all happened because in 1995 the State Pension age was extended and it wasn’t communicated, then it was extended again and wasn’t communicated. Martin also shared how Sir Steve Webb used to be pensions minister at the Department for Work and Pensions , under the Coalition government and was minister when one of the State Pension ages was increased. He asked him: "Did you get it wrong?"
He said: “The Ombudsman found that when the government I was part of raised the pension age a bit further, we wrote to millions of people and I know because we had lots of replies, so those letters went out. But what didn’t happen, was earlier on those letters never got sent and that’s why so many women didn’t know.”
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