Rise in women’s state pension age prompts poverty concerns

The former pensions minister Ros Altmann said: “The state pension age may be equalising but there is no pensions equality for women.”

She said the government increased the state pension age for older women by up to 18 months with only five years’ notice, while men had seven years’ notice of a 12-month change. “The short notice changes have caused significant hardship to many women, especially as many did not know about the original plans to increase their pension age from 60.”

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