'While the triple lock is great, state pension is very low. It's not a lot on not a lot'
Sandra Stay-Sothcott, who says she found out about the pension changes too late, said a 7 per cent triple lock rise is not enough to give pensioners like her a comfortable lifestyle – but it will help.
“I can’t look a gift horse in the mouth, it’s better than nothing,” she said, adding she was still “holding out” for compensation following the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman review . “I won’t lie it’s hard,” she said of her financial situation. “You dread the winter, with utility bills… Frightened to put the heating on at our age, we should be having a comfortable life. It’s just unfair.”In a difficult economic landscape with stubbornly high inflation, the triple lock was not necessarily a certainty. Krishna James, who is 68 and lives in London, said losing it would make life far harder for women of her generation.
The PHSO said its “duty is to provide the right outcome for all involved and make sure justice is achieved”. The DWP said the decision to equalise the state pension age for men and woman was made 25 years ago, adding: “Both the High Court and Court of Appeal have supported the actions of the DWP under successive governments dating back to 1995 and the Supreme Court refused the claimants permission to appeal.”
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