Date set for Judicial Review of state pensions for 50s born women

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Michael Mansfield QC will taking the case of the injustice to 3.8 million 50s born women to judicial review on May 24 and 25.

UPDATE: Since this blog was written the dates for the hearing were changed to June 5 and June 6.

The historic hearing into whether 3.9 million 50s born women have been cheated out of their state pension by the government has been set by the High Court for May 24.

The date is later than expected because the Department for Work and Pensions expected to win the hearing for permission to bring the review on November 30 brought by BackTo60 campaigning group and thought they would stop the process in its tracks.

Now the Department has been allowed more time to prepare its case as all of its initial arguments to stop the review were thrown out by the judge.

The Hon Ms Justice Lang – who is also known as Dame Beverley Ann Macnaughton Lang – ruled in favour of all the issues raised by barristers Catherine Rayner and Michael Mansfield on behalf of the women.

This means the government will have to answer whether the decision to raise the state pension age from 60 to 65 and then 66 amounted to age and equality discrimination. The key point is that the judge decided that although the legislation dated back to 1995 the present effects of the change is causing hardship to a specific group of women who were not able to fully contribute to the national insurance fund.

The original hearing also led the government to admit that further changes introduced by the coalition government in 2011 had been part of an austerity programme and reveal that the private pensions industry is also against the women winning their case as it could have a knock on effect on private occupational pensions that are tied to the state pension age.

The issue of maladministration will not be the main feature of the case as this is being dealt with by the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Cases of discrimination and resulting hardship can still be brought by MPs to the Ombudsman. And recently Ben Lake, the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion filed a case on behalf of a constituent.

Joanne Welch, spokeswoman, said

” BackTo60 .com had a resounding victory on 30th November 2018 and our amazing World Class Legal Team pressed home our advantage for a 2-Day Substantive Hearing.
“The substantial significance of our argument has been recognised by the authorities and the case has been elevated to a higher level for determination – this has necessarily involved an alteration of  hearing dates.
” There will now be a much more thorough and robust review as the case will take on an historic perspective and achieve national significance:  it will be heard, May 2019, at the Divisional Court.
Our collective impetus is working so well, thanks to each one of you.  Long may it be so.”

883 thoughts on “Date set for Judicial Review of state pensions for 50s born women”

  1. To go from january to May surely gives DWP a huge advantage timewise. They must have turned up completely unprepared last time.

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    • Hi can I say it’s a joke I got made redundant in April last year claimed 6months jsa that’s all I could get I worked all my life was told my husband works he has to support me very unfair

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      • I’m 62 and without a job. My husband has had to stay on at work an extra 2 years so far to support us both!

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      • I was made redundant 5 years ago and told I wasn’t eligible for anything because I had half of my late husbands pension, a colleague was also made redundant, her husband works, has a military pension and she got jsa, was sickened and wondered why I had contributed all those years. Was told it is not assessed on household income but the individuals, so being widowed has cost me dearly, what a stupid system we should be told if it is a contributor benefit or not. I seem to think goalpost been moved again, also a woman born in the 50’s so really fed up and feel doubly cheated.

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      • hi sara I am in the very same boat as you it is a disgrace I have worked since I was 15 and got made redundant thirty months ago , again like you all I was entitled to was 6 months jsa because we don’t have a mortgage and my husband works t is time we all got our money we have worked hard for this country need to look after the ones who contributed not money going overseas .

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      • I had exactly the same when I was made redundant. I could only claim for 6 months because my husband worked. I have never claimed JSA in my life before.

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      • Hi I too got made redundant by the Government (working getting jobs for youngsters) )in 2011 have not been able to get a job. I have been told this is due to my spondylitis. My husband was working and I too got only JSA for 6 months. My husband had to give up work a couple of years ago due to Severe Arthritis. We are on Pension Credits and Carers Allowance. I have worked for over 35 years. I started working whilst at school. I too feel cheated out of my pension.

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    • I don’t think it was that they turned up unprepared as all their arguments they thought were going to get the case thrown out were in fact thrown out, so they have to come up with new arguments. Let’s hope the ones thrown out were their best ones.

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      • Thank you to everyone who has highlighted this gross injustice and is working so diligently to claw back our pensions for us. I was born in 1954 and began working from the age of 17, sometimes holding down 1 or 2 other jobs alongside my main scientific/medical career. I was made redundant 2 years ago and have had to retrain in a related area so that I can remain financially independent – not easy when you are 65. Without the support from my partner, I would be desperate….it has been a very difficult time.

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      • I can’t believe they got away with the change in the first place, sneakily brought in. No time to put extra away to allow us women in our 50s to retire when we were promised. when we contributed all our lives to the promise of leaving work at 60 to enjoy a few years relaxing with our loved ones. The change was definitely not bringing equality as we have had an extra 6/7 years added and men have had a year. Surely bringing men down to 62, with a choice to work on, and bringing women up to 62 would have been fairer on both.so many of us have worked hard, heavy jobs, before health and safety rules were brought in, and now have health issues but are FORCED to work beyond our promised retirement. They hope we aren’t around to get what we paid in for, which will, sadly, be the case for many xx

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  2. I am struggling to keep my husband who is ill and 2 dependants as well. It’s highwat robbery not to have allowed me to receive my pension at 60 ! What right have they got to withhold it ? Why should I be forced to work at nearly 63 yrs old ? We will not get a chance to enjoy retirement ! It simply very unfair. There is high unemployment so let the young do their share and let us retire at a decent age !

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      • Lindy – same for me – I was born 1957 too – never expected or planned to be HAVE to be working at this stage of my life , no letters, no notice – thieving rogues!!

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      • Agree with you both 57 born & worked all my life . Thought I’d be slowing down now . Not still having to work full time to manage .

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      • Why is it . They keep saying. The women’s pension age has gone up in line to the men’s . Which is 65 . Because it isn’t the case , the pension age is 65 if you were born . In the earlier part of the 1950 , it goes up aswell by what mth you were born in . By a extra 6mths . I’m not a hundred percent sure of the exact dates , but I think it’s feb 9th to Aug 9th . So if born in between those date’s you will get it at 66 . I was born in Aug 31st so do get it till 66.6 mths . Men’s has gone up as well . So it’s looks to me with the 6mth rise . If born in 1958 then you will be 67. Then 67.6 . 1959 68 then 68.6 . . So ????? Where is the 5yr extra we are all told now . Because it’s a load of rubbish

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      • I’m 1957 but it’s 66 for us thankfully, 67 for those a bit older than us. What they haven’t taken in to consideration, if you were born before 31st August is that we were the last year that left school at 15 so we’re paying stamp a year longer too. Nobody has obviously looked at any historical

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      • Not the case about the extra years stamps . The case is the date you were born . If you were born before August 9th 1957 it will be 66 after that date same year it’s 66.6 mths

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      • I turned 60 on February 10th this year paid into the system for 44 years, no letter at ALL from DWP saying my pension is now 66. How dare they cheat us out of what is our right

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    • Absolutely agree with this comment. We have paid our national insurance all our working lives. Now we find that those of us born in 1956 have to work another six years before we can retire! What happens if we become physically unable to carry on with sometimes very demanding work? I thought we were going to be made to retire in order to let young people get out to work.

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    • I was born in 1953. Just before I was 60 I received a letter stating that I couldn’t have my pension until I was 63, 2 months and 6 days! How did they work THAT one out?! I worked from when I was 15 until I was 62 when due to an accident I was unable to work. However, ATOS decided that as I could move my arms I had to work. The accident affected my legs, not my arms! So, I was unable to find work and unable to claim. Luckily I have a partner who was willing to support me.

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  4. I could have sworn that was Tom Baker 😉

    But really, can we really trust a guy who can’t even get an ‘unlawful killing’ verdict when they really did creep up behind the guy wearing disguises and shot him 7, 8 or possibly 9 times in the head…? That is the official version, but also a delusion supposedly that leads to people getting anally gang raped in mental prisons amongst other things 😦

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  6. Happy New Year girls, It’s hard to believe we will win even though we should. Dare not get too excited about a small amount of money that would change our miserable financial lives and elevate us all to feeling worthy instead of worthless, which of course we are NOT.! When I just read this email I was so excited by the date for the judicial review because as an astrologer I know this is part of divine providence dates of 2018. Jessica Adams (Astrologer) told me 2 years ago that the 50’s women would have good news at end of 2018 November 2018, I think November 30th is as spot on as you can get! She also predicted Brexit 2 years before the vote. Read her blogs. Amber Rudd made me laugh out loud when she was calling Juncker names re his sexist behaviour towards women in EU parliament before Christmas. How blinkered is she about us.? I might just believe that we are going to win Back to 60 now. If the Polish women can get theirs backdated to age 60 then so can we. Believe. Every day I wake up another 22 quid
    approx. vanishes into thin air because the government says it should. This week owed approx 20K, not much when you say it slowly eh!

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    • Because that was also brought in in 2011 as part of the austerity measures, as mentioned in this case, then I’m pretty sure that whatever is found to apply to these women will also apply to men affected by the same legislation.

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    • How much notice were you given of a 1 year increase in your pension age? No problem with he equalisation of the SPA. At 58 to be informed that your SPA is now 65 not 60 is very short notice to say the least!

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      • I thoroughly agree Kim.I had no written notice of this surely this is all wrong.I do hope we ALL get a fair pension though.I know some woman are suffering hardship but we should ALL get the pension we expected to receive whatever our circumstances.I have worked hard for mine,and will be 65 this year still working as a nurse.My pension age is 65 and 3/4.

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      • None of us should have to wait though, that’s the point. It is OUR money. We were told we would get it and we are ENTITLED to it!

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    • Do you think that is justified. I am in the first cadre of men whose state pension date has changed. I have a 3 month delay from my birthday in December 2018 to March of 2019. But unlike my wife who had a 4 year delay, I believe I was informed, she was not. She also suffered an additional 2 years of delay when the givernment was telling everyone that no woman would have more than 2 years of delay. Not informed and then lied to. That is what this case is about.

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      • How dare they thinks it’s acceptable to not inform all woman of the increased age in their pension for a start.I agree we wanted equality,but this unfortunately isn’t. I had no letter from DWP.
        Woman of our age had children and stopped at home.If we went back to work. Mostly woman worked part time.as I always did.No pension for most of us.
        I as a nurse have a pension and when I moved to private sector started a private pension as I could afford it.
        I cannot imagine the hardship some of you are in at 63 after 30 years with the same employer.They booted me out on ill health,all lies.I took it further with the help of my Union and I cannot disclose the outcome other than to say I am happy. .I then went out after a course offered me from ESA and got another job,
        Nearly 18 months on I am ready to retire from a wonderful career on my terms.
        I receive my state pension at 65 years and 9 months.
        Thank you for all your hard work.

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    • Oh you men are getting interested now and after all the slagging off by men these women have had to put up with calling them money grabbing and only wanting equality when it suits them. Even though they were told by women that it would probably affect them as well and should get on board and support women the abuse continued. I must clarify it was not all men that behaved in this way but a majority did. I am sure all these women would like to thank the men that supported them during this campaign.

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      • I understand how you feel ‘re your partner we should all be treated equally. However, men were given more notice and women were not, plus they do not, even now get equal pay. In the 50s and 60s and 70s women were expected to work and rear family’s as the norm. I have copd I cannot retire now for another 7 years. My state pension is all I will have as I could not afford a private pension. My ex partner and we are still friends has a very healthy pension.

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  9. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has worked so hard for this. Have felt isolated, abused and have experienced feelings of self-loathing for not being more aware of event for too long. Being part of something positive has made a huge difference to my outlook. I cannot thank those who protest tirelessly enough.

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  11. Brilliant that we now have a date set.

    Just hope the delay in the judicial review does not give the DWP more opportunity to cobble together and magic up some reasoning as to why this group of people have been dealt with in this way.

    The hundreds and thousands of postings on your site say it all, it’s wrong to isolate and discriminate a group just so DWP can tick boxes and save money.

    Fairness in their decision to hit those born in the 1950’s was a blatant attack on women .

    I said before we all understand the necessity for change and cost effectiveness of our systems. I always believe change is a necessity of life but change should be handled in a way that is fair to all. No group should be discriminated against and no one group should take the brunt of any change.

    Good luck to you in the review, you have many women watching this with desperation. Wanting a resolution to this ridiculous position they have found themse!ves in.

    Dee

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    • Time to close borders on immigrants that get paid whopping sums of money, for nothing, I have worked full time & paid full stamp all my working life, went part time while my children were young, but only for one year each (2 children) then back to full time, My Father died at 65,& 2 weeks, he paid all his working life to get 2 weeks pension, where did his pension pot go???? I went 60 in December and I get up to go to work begrudging every morning, so so wrong, hope they sort it for us,xx

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      • My views are the same . They seem to find money . For immigrants and refugees. And all sorts that come to the uk . But it is the uk people that have put in the funding. And we are entitled to have something that we have paid for all our lives

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      • My husband, who had paid NI contributions since age 16, died aged 57. He received no pension, nor was I entitled to a widow’s pension until my own state pension age, now 66. Double whammy!

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    • I actually, ,missed my pension by being born !8 days too late for my pension in 2013 ………5 years ago .I still have to wait until March 2019 to receive it. I have worked for 40+years and paid full contributions. Where is the fairness in all of this….I was told when I started work in 1968 that I would receive state pension at aged 60!!! which makes that 2013!!!! where has all the interest gone on my contributions and Pension that I was due 5 years ago????I will tell you…..The damned Tory Government ….we have been propping up this Government for far too long !!! Good news on this ….let’s hope we get some sort of retribution at last… xx

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      • Wow you have had to wait six years because of eight days, that really is harsh and doesn’t seem right at all

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    • Dee
      Very well put , my partner is one of millions of women who have also been failed by this government to pay these women there dues for the last 5 yrs ,that they totally deserve!!.
      Shame on the government that they have treated these women with the most inequalities in history and thankyou too all who have supported this and the great legal team who have tremendously worked hard in bring this too justice. I am a trade union official for GMB +12yrs and we all view & fight for women’s rights to be equal and discrimation to be out cast as this is clearly what the government has done!!.

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    • I think the government took its best argument to court in November when they were expecting to win and stop the review being heard, apparently the judge threw out all their reasons so don’t know what they will come up with next if their best was dismissed.

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  14. Perhaps the ombudsman needs to read this paragraph…..

    “The issue of maladministration will not be the main feature of the case as this is being dealt with by the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Cases of discrimination and resulting hardship can still be brought by MPs to the Ombudsman. And recently Ben Lake, the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion filed a case on behalf of a constituent”

    Shame they have closed all our cases! 😡

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  15. Let’s hope they see the injustice and do the right thing, not just for us but for all of the youngsters who have been forced to either stay on in education or into claiming benefits some into their early 20’s and later before if the are lucky finding “meaningful” employment. Allowing us to retire will give them hope of employment and a future to look forward too.

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  18. Congratulations on this fabulous step forward. Thank you fir fighting for us women born in the 1950’s. Much appreciated. I’ve had to take my private pension out to live on. I was born 1956.

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  19. I cannot thank you all enough for fighting for ALL 50s born women this has had a very serious effect on us all with some of us literally not wanting to go on.Life can be difficult enough but taking financial stability off us is UNBEARABLE

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  21. Great news.
    I was born in February 1958 so does that make me in the right age range or not to be included in whatever the result may be

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  22. About time and well done everyone who fought for this
    If we win what will happen will pension age resume at 60 for woman straight away ?

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  23. Fingers crossed that something will at last come out of this review. There have been so many debates etc. But the government still are trying to quieten this. Full praise to all the WASPI fighters & now the Backto60.com fighters too. Power to you all 💪

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  26. It is not before time, failure of this government and preceding governments to understand the effects this has had on many ladies born in the 50 s . The hardship felt by many of us is beyond comprehension.

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  29. A bit disappointed with regards to the extra time the DWP are being allowed to work on their case. They have ruined thousand of peoples dreams of retirement, and certainly contributed to me being on antidepressants for the last few years as I still struggle to come to terms with the way I have been robbed of 6 years pension. Surely before the government made changed and implemented new legislation to the retirement age they would have made sure that their facts and figures were correct at the time, especially when they aware of the thousands of people that their decision would effect and to the extent of the damage mentally and financially they were doing. I personally found out in 2009 that my retirement age had changed, and then in 2012 it changed again, my original retirement date was September 2014, so I had in effect 5 years notice to be told that my retirement age was deferred for 6 years, that is hard for anyone to come to terms with especially when you have worked all your days and complied with all what society expected of you. I have everything X that we will get a fair hearing in May, and a big Thank You to everyone who has supported and helped us get to this stage.

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    • ME TOO…..Because of school closure I am in receipt of a compensation pension. Expecting to fully retire in or near my 60th year, I invested my lump sum as the deposit on a property in France and also released a lot of equity from my property in England in order to complete the purchase. I anticipated, getting the State Pension to top -up my income whilst living in France and that I would be able to do this at around 62. To my horror after complaints from a powerful lobby group, the dates were changed yet again, leaving me considerably worse off ! Instead of getting my State Pension in my 62nd year I now have to wait (if these changes go ahead), until I am 65 yrs 4 months and 12 days. It is wholly unfair that had I been born a year earlier I would receive my S.P. on 6th Jan 2016 ! More than 3 years earlier than 6th July 2019 now scheduled ! As you can imagine I am very much dismayed by this (on top of this, I now have health problems that make working impossible). There must be others in a similar boat and we surely should work hard to get this reversed. I would like to hang the “Nincompoops” who came up with this schedule. I understand the need for change but this is too far too fast !

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      • It’s totally appalling the way we have been treated. When I started work at 14 it was organically we had to have 32 yrs . It has altered some much in recent yrs and none of were told of any of the changes that started altering around 1995 2002 2011 not a 100 % sure of them dates . But round about . Still didn’t have a clue . Until I read it on a waspi bill board in a pub . Just before my 59th birthday. Still haven’t heard anything or confirmation from anyone. It then altered again to 66 . And has altered again if you were born in the second 6mths of the year . They have brought in . I think the dates are feb 9th to Aug 9th and guess what I’m born the 31st Aug . So now my pension date . Has meant I will be 66.5 yrs this is disgusting. When I have full stamps paid in . I will probably be on my last legs by the time I get it a loss of over £50.000 . That’s me alone . And there are 3.8 million people affected. Christ that’s some extra floating money . That they have spent . It’s fraudulent and was supposed to be put in a secured account. But what did they do . Borrowed it was supposedly for one year then 2yrs . And oops they forgot to start it back up . Surely this has got to be unlawful and stealing people’s money . That wasn’t for them to steal or borrow out of . Secured means secured. So they have all be fraudulent in my eyes

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      • I should also have said, that (in common with a lot of other women in similar circumstances) at NO time, was I personally notified of any of the changes made to SPA….I have only made online ‘discoveries’, or in the press……despite the ‘goal posts’ for my age group, being moved TWICE !

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  30. I feel robbed as if I wanted to retire at 66 I would be happy to carry on working. BUT I want to retire at 60 and enjoy my grand kids and have a nice life with my family. Now I have no choice I have to work on for another 6 years. We are loosing out on around 40k and I’ve worked all my life never claimed benifits. I feel like stopping work and claiming benifits as some folk who never work get everything handed to them. Hope we win our case I will wait and see.

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    • I agree Jackie, I was expecting everything to fall in line too. Retire at 60 (I’m 64), help out with the grandkids and spend time with my hubby who is 8 years older than me and already retired.Now To enable me to do this I have had to reduce my working hours (losing £300 a month), just to be able to enjoy afternoons with my hubby and do the school run for the grandkids. I too have never been out of work since the age of 15, working full time then as a working Mum taking low paid evening jobs. How is this fair? I won’t get my state pension for another 2 years and quite honestly my heart is not in my work I am just counting down the days. I know we can’t get the time back but let’s fight on Ladies and at least get recognition of this injustice.

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    • Hi Jackie
      I am now 64 I was expecting to get my pension at 60 had no notification I have been trying to keep working in a full time job whilst trying to care for my mother with dementia I don’t think that the government realise how many women care for there elderly parents so they don’t have to go in a home surely they can see that by making all these women work longer they in some cases will be having to support a lot of the elderly now when we could have done it if they hadn’t taken away our pensions
      Sue

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  31. If this Judicial Review goes against 1950s women , can the claims for maladministration be reinstated or revived? Seems that a lot of women put a huge effort into this, for the claims to then be quickly closed down after waiting far too long for responses!

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  32. Please clarify if dates correct – in one place it says 24th and 25th, and in another it says 24th and 27th – which is it, if either, as 25th May is a Saturday and 27th May is a Bank Holiday??

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  34. Thank you for this fight on our behalf. I feel so cheated and extremely angry at this ‘legalised theft’. I have worked full time, all my life. I have had no maternity breaks or any benefits in the whole of my life although happily contributed so others could benefit! I was made redundant and took early retirement aged 55 and took this opportunity to care for my very elderly parents. I was counting on my pension at aged 60, having paid in over 40yrs contributions. I have now had to sell my house and downsize. I feel cheated and robbed of the financial security and peace of mind that should be mine. Please help us get the justice we deserve. This situation is appalling!

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  35. I have worked all my life, like all the women in my age group I am barely hanging on to my full time job through health reasons. I am on half pay and struggle to keep my finances above water.

    Respect to all the people who are finally in a place to have our voices heard. THANK YOU

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    • Hi me too was taken I’ll just before my 60 th birthday worked 31 years in education, special needs was finished on I’ll health. Not right had two years off when I had my children. Hope we get justice.

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  38. I really hope that all of us that lost out on our pension at 60years old is overturned the stress that has been put onto woman that who brought up their families and worked it was never easy .I never received a letter and have worked for the same company for over 20years .Thankyou for everything that is being done Kind regards.

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  42. I wish you could get behind us ex miners who have had our pension pot robbed by past and present governments to the tune of billions

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  44. I am pleased with the news and very hopefull .. but says retirement age gone from 60 to 65 then 66 so why will I have to wait till I’m 67 I was born October 1955 is scandelouse can’t get a job. it’s the 1st time I’ve ever been out of work and get £73 a week to live on to feed me and pay bills …this can’t come quick enough for me and millions of other women …

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  45. I wonder what is meant by, “not being able to, fully ,contribute to the NI fund”? Firstly why couldn’t they? Secondly, the SPA still increased for those women who, definitely, were able to fully contribute to NI, so I don’t see the relevance. I don’t understand this bit, at all, am I missing something?

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  48. It’s been a long time coming let’s hope the end result is what we deserve. Thanks to everyone thats got involved with this campaign.

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  49. What about Women born in 1946 Worked until I was 64 from 15 Only paid married woman’s stamp until 1996 But feel cheated and wish I’d just stayed home until my children grew up I’d be better off now only get £82 quid a week It’s a joke NOT

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  52. I’m also very grateful to the journalists, politicians, the brave campaigning women of waspi and Backto60, for all their support and hard work. I am recently divorced, struggling to make ends meet. Afraid of a future of poverty, after a lifetime of working. Ex husband is cheating me out of £30k, land in SIPP was bought in 2010 for £150K, he and his SIPP company had a new valuation of £90K. Blatant robbert, but I just heard from the pensions ombudsman that he has not upheld my complaint. These heartless pigs are using their own rulebooks to cheat us.

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  57. I don’t understand why they need longer to put together a case. If they had a genuine and legitimate reason to increase rhe pension age, without causing discrimination and inequality, why are they stalling?

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      • My exact thoughts are the same as you . Looking for any excuse to get out of it . Probably re write something in . Or try and look for another loophole. Absolutely appalling service by our government and government services . Which we all put into

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  58. I truly hope the injustices are fully recognised and some sort of recompense decided upon. I am 1954 child and although I officially get my pension at 65 it’s only 11 days before my 66th !! Health reasons make my job difficult and painful to do. 2020 can’t come soon enough. I wish Britain would do as has the same as Italy and reverse its decision on pensions..

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    • I’m a 1954 women too, and my retirement date is set for 15th January 2020. And finding it more difficult to carry on working especially when you get older and have health problems. Makes me so bitter I have already done 5 years over and starting feel burnt out.

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    • I agree I was born in 1954 with us not getting the state pension till we are 66 we should be having compensation in the money we are losing out not fare at all..

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    • You must share a birthday with me, as my pension is a few days before my 66th birthday, being born in the 3 month tranche of 1954 women most brutally effected.

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  59. I was born in 1956 I was totally unaware of this decision being made as the 90’s were busy years for me , but sadly I am now battling cancer with no job and could really use my state pension at this time, thank you all for your support

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  62. because I had to wait for my Pension I still have a mortgage which will never be paid off, when our time runs out because of all this we will probably be homeless, so what then, I hope and pray for every body this gets a good result From Helen Sparks in CORNWALL

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  63. Fantastic news! I have felt isolated and abused and degraded as being disabled I have been hit twice no pension and put through assessment and told to find work, I did and now my health is worse, trying to get better and have no income whatsoever. I was on Incapacity benefit for 20 years how could they take it away and no pension.

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  65. This is great news we have finally got a date for our Second Judicial court review May 24th this couldn’t come any sooner I feel very confident that we will win our fight again because this injustice by this Government is just cruel but also unlawful and it was never about pension Equality because the women born in 50,s never had the same rights as men the men were paid more they also got bigger pensions and still do so hopefully the back to 60 campaign group and Waspi women will finally get they big day court .

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  67. Wow thankyou to everyone who has got us this far. The legal team headed by Michael Mansfield have given us hope. Onwards.

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  69. Can we have clarification on the dates for the two day hearing please, one date given (25)is a Saturday the other date (27) is a Bank Holiday. Would court be sitting on either of those dates?

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  70. as a matter of recourse I would like to ask how any woman can be expected to continue in the industry of care doing minimum wage job whilst aging herself supporting aging parents through lack if social care and to top it off putting themselves into any early grave robbed of pension and then some disgracefully unfair treatment of my generation

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  71. The key point is that the judge decided that although the legislation dated back to 1995 the present effects of the change is causing hardship to a specific group of women who were not able to fully contribute to the national insurance fund.

    CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY THIS. I WORKED PAYING NI CONTRIBUTIONS UNTIL I WAS MEDICALLY RETIRED AT 58 IN 2012. OVER 40 YEARS CONTRIBUTIONS (17/12/53). WILL FINALLY GET MY PENSION 6 MARCH.

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  75. This was fine underhanded an not fully explained to us an where has all or payments gone that should av been to pay out at age 60 very sneaky

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  76. Wow! My grateful thanks to everyone who has contributed to bringing this about. Perhaps there may be some light at the end of our tunnel after all.
    Noreen – June 1954

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  77. Well done fighting for us for what is rightfully ours and weve paid in to – brilluant – and thankyou it could make such a difference finacially to a lot of us

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  78. Thank you so much to everyone who has fought this case, I have complained and written to various people but never gotten anywhere, it has been very frustrating, I retired early because working an extra 6 years in elderly care was becoming impossibly difficult. I struggle with a small private pension. Hoping also for a good result.

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  79. Wishing your representatives in court all power of inspiration and eloquence to support the cohort of women in the autumn of their years who worked hard and paid their dues only to be cruelly betrayed and singled out as low hanging fruit by a grasping chancellor. Let british justice and fair play rise up as a beacon to our fractured and troubled society.

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  80. I was sent a pension forecast in 2013 informing me I was receiving my pension in September 2014, I received no other information as to any change, only found out in the press I wasnt going to receive it for 6 years.

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  81. Thank you all who have fought for the many women affected..Although the long wait will give the crooks who don’t want anything positive to happen,chance to come up with obscure laws etc..we still have a date..We were sold down the river,when we started work,we all thought we would retire at 60,possibly if we had known the truth when we started work,we could have made provision.
    Actually ir they allow us to retire,we can free up our jobs,help with childcare and give the younger ones a chance..Not rocket science…
    Once again thank you to those amazing people who fight for us..

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  82. This was absolutely disgraceful. Having worked hard from the age of 15 expecting that I would receive my State pension at the age of 60,Paid into the System and never claimed any benefits from the State in my entire life. Just feel that I have been swindled out of 6 years of pension which has caused intolerable hardship and extreme stress. If all people are expected to work until they drop dead – how do the youngster get a start in life. No job, no hope, no prospects and no start on the property ladder ? I don’t put the blame on an ageing population but this over crowded Island where all aspects of life are now becoming untenable.

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  83. I am so pleased this is being addressed. I have worked for a longer period than i planned due to this change in legislation. I recently retired . If I had been receiving my state pension now also life would be so much easier. I know I do not suffer like some of my peers financially but this is total discrimination directed at women.

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  84. I just hope it goes our way I’m struggling going to work now I was born in 1954 what is so unfair is that we are still paying into the system national insurance I feel we have been robbed of our money just let younger people have our jobs and let’s us enjoy some retirement

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  85. my heartfelt thanks to all who have worked so hard to get this heard. the way the government robbed us of £44,0000 plus. after paying full stamp back in the seventies. my health is such I can no longer work. I have to rely in my husband’s pension and our lifestyle has changed dramatically. having my state pension at 60 would of made a huge difference to our finances. thank you once again

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  86. Give work to the youngsters let us oldies have our time of living we don’t know what’s round the corner I’ve lost 4 friends over the last year and all they had in life was work , just because retirement age went up

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    • Pauline this is exactly my argument, they would rather pay young people Jobseeker’s Allowance (or whatever it’s called these days ) than pay the women their rightful pension owed to them. Obviously this has a knock on effect on the young people, the longer they are unemployed the harder it is for them to gain employment and as we women get older we find it harder to keep up the momentum of full time work. Like many others I am a 1954 woman who worked full time from 15 until 61 when I had to sell my house because I couldn’t afford my mortgage and living costs. This situation took away my independence and a home I had lived in for 22 years and yes I feel angry, and bitter but most of all betrayed so I wish you good luck for all of the 50’s women at the hearing!!!!!

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  87. I’m 65 in March 2019, but still have to wait until 6th September to receive my state pension, a full 6 months after my 65th birthday,

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    • I am 65 in November 2019 don’t get my pension until 2020 !!! Plus none of my late husbands pension either as they have changed the rules on that too. Look after my 83 year old mother in law…my late hubby was an only child…..help out with grandchildren when I can plus work part time. Not how i thought my life would be at this age but at the moment in decent health so count my blessings and carry on.

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    • I am 65 in August and have to wait until July 2020. I cannot believe the time to wait, just wish the government had been honest with us.

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    • I retired on I’ll health just after my 60th birthday I was born in 1951. After giving notice to my employer I was told I would not get my pension for a further 18mths. I feel cheated out of 18mths worth of pension. Others I’m sure found themselves in the same position.

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    • I’m the same birthday March but September for pension what gets me mad also is men get bus pass earlier in line with women’s pension date and yet we have to wait they got the bus pass as it was unfair to them well what about us

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  88. Hope something comes out of this!!!!! Not only have we had increase in years, the amount of years for N.I. have changed considerably, I was told I had enough qualifying years at 30yrs. N.I. now it is 43 yrs!!!! We should have had some sort of support to help
    with the 6yr gap, Mrs. May was on about 2yr transition for BREXIT, we got NOTHING
    for 6yrs!!!!!!!!!

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  91. I was diagnosed last year with M E i am now 62, I was working full time before this happened but had to decrease to 20 hours but as I am on the sick Again I have realised even 20 hours a week is too much. It is SO UNFAIR!!!!!

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  93. This is brilliant news I like many women didn’t mind the pension age rising however, to put six years on without any notification plud I like many others have worked since I was 16 with the plan of getting my state pension at 60 This is disgusting The increase should be phased in I wouldn’t have minded two or 2.5 years but to add six years on is heartbreaking 😢

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  94. Fantastic News . I have worked full time employment from the age of 16 And retired at 60 due to me having to care for my Mother. Obviously my pension would be a great help for the care that my Mothet deserves. There must be a lot of people like me. I have also experienced ill health myself so I would love to be able to enjoy my pension that I have worked for. Please Please let us win .

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    • I totally agree..if they even gave it to women who have enough stamps paid at age 60 it would make a big difference to so many..I also worked from I was 16…was made redundant 2 years ago and should have been getting my pension this November aged 60… it makes you wonder why we have all worked so long and hard as people who never worked seem to be able to get other benefits which I couldn’t get..and will continue to receive benefits while women who contributed for 40 yrs have to wait an extra 6 yrs… disgusting….typical Northern Ireland and uk….other countries look after their people with decent pensions especially those have put in the years..

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  96. Thank you all for fighting on my behalf..and I mean that in the collective sense. I am so very grateful for everything you are doing.

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  97. This is great news for us waspi women thankyou so much i felt like the forgotton passenger that was left behind because the ship.was full.
    Iam 64 and im workingv48 hrs per week with copd and arthritis and osteoarthritis .
    I would love to help.my daughterinlaw with childcare so she can go back to.uni but i cant afforrd to.

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  98. Woohoo! Let’s get justice done! We have been robbed by criminals for thousands of pounds! These criminals are politicions who know the law and have lined their own pockets with our hard earned cash which is theft and a criminal offence. Hang them high !!!!!

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  99. Thank you to all who are putting in so much effort on our behalf. I have been robbed by the government. Justice will prevail

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  100. I had planned to retire at 60 now 62 and not been well enoght to work, I got £73 a week sick for a year now nothing, I have paid in and worked for 45 years and get nothing from the state, there is no point in working as your entitlement is nothing, if you own your own house and have savings… This country doesn’t care about the workers just the immigrants and scroungers…

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    • Snap same thing happened to myself. So now I have to live on what ever my hubby gives me
      And all though am in a lot of pain most of the time is seriously thinking of looking for a little job. This country don’t like after the likes of us

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    • You are fully entitled to feel aggrieved about the Government stealing your pension but this nothing to do with“ immigrants or scrounges”. Just consider the Windrush generation who came to work, paid their contributions, were fully entitled to live here but were then deported unjustly with no compensation. Those people you classify as scroungers may also have been treated badly; the Government readily penalises people who are claiming benefits – miss an appointment and you get penalised by loss of benefit for a minimum of 6 weeks or 6 months. Many have died very shortly after having their benefit claims removed when they are unable to attend an interview due to serious ill health. There may be a tiny amount of people who are claiming falsely, but the amount of money lost, about £1bn pa is nothing in comparison to the amount of tax evaded or avoided and the amount spent chasing the £1bn loss outweighs the amount lost.
      Please recognise WASPI women are all part of an attack by the same system that takes from the weakest to reward the richest.
      Well done to all of those behind the WASPI campaign.

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    • That is a ridiculous thing to say. The immigrants are the ones keeping the NHS afloat. The scroungers are more likely to be your sons.

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  102. Oh hope we win…. i’m still working full time…..in the NHS Mental Health i have care of a son with a learning disability…. cant keep it up…
    Fingers crossed….

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  103. I would like to personally thank all the people that have been involved in this action on behalf of us all who have been affected by the actions of the greedy politicians.

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  104. Well done, lets hope something gets done about it, I am disgusted about waiting 6 years for the money that is rightfully mine. I worked full time 39 to 55 hours a week for 37 years with no break. I left work on ill health and now live on £100 per week, my private pension. As I was too proud to ask for sick pay thinking I was getting my state pension at 60. We paid money into our state pension during our working career so how can they legally not pay it us, withholding it for 6 years.It is criminal injustice.

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  105. I sincerely hope this appalling decision is turned around …it is a gross injustice .i am 60 and have worked for the NHS since I was 16 with only 11 weeks maternity break .I too have failing health with osteoarthritis and would dearly like to reduce my working hours but have to work until I’m 66 to benefit from state pension .thank you to all those working tirelessly to upturn this

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  106. I am 64 years old and I am so grateful that this has been brought to the fore. I am working with people that got their pension at 60yrs old. I do not feel any ill will to them personally . Obviously….. but I feel let down after working all my life and no sign of being able to retire. This is so unfair and MUST be changed. 😡

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  108. So glad something is getting done at last and the government have to answer to the people they robbed that money was ours paid in by us and our employees not the governments to do as they please I was given no warning read it in the papers then I had to give my work up to care for my husband struggled week to week I am 65 on 17th Jan still don’t get my pension till May robbed of another 6 months so well done to everyone who has campaigned to get us heard cant wait for the outcome

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  110. Wonderful news and a great achievement for all those people who have been campaigning so long for justice for us 50s women who have not only been cheated out of our pensions but our quality of life as many of us are working with health problems and will have no quality of life after retirement after having worked for 50 years. Maybe we can use some of the 39 billion we may save in not paying the EU to help pay our stolen pensions back.

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  111. I am 1953 and had to work till 64 yrs now I am in constant pain with rumitoid arthritis…so missed 4 good years of retirement..feel so cheated and robbed. ….

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  112. Fantastic news. I am missing out on 46k in pensions. This is just another way of getting back money from the tax payers. I have worked hard all my life. And this is how the Department of work and pensions treat us.

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  113. Hi everyone..😊..I would like to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make this herd. I was born in 1959 and I will receive my pension at age 66. I’ve read that a lot of women were born around 1954 so does this mean I won’t be counted as one of you 1950’s ladies. I always thought that I would receive my pension at age 60 and I was never told the age had gone up to 66..🥺..I’m a little lost on the knowledge of all this pension stuff and would appreciate any reply’s to my question.

    Thank you

    Miss Tel.

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  114. Thank you so much for fighting for us 60’s women and believing in our cause your amazing people giving us hope and justice.

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  115. I also was born in 1954 and have worked full time since the age of 16. I am on my own and could not afford to stop working. I have now worked full-time for 50 years and long to retire to get a rest. I did everything right to retire at age 60 and enjoy retirement but I was robbed and cheated of what should be my money and time.

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  117. I was born in 1955 and won’t get my state pension until I’m 66. I have a few health issues and have given up work. I don’t claim any benefit from the government. My husband passed away at the age of 60 (5 years ago) having worked all his life and paying National Insurance. He never got to receive his pension that he had worked and paid for and to top it all the government have done away with Widows Pension so I’ve basically been screwed over twice! I’m living on my savings and a very small private pension from my late husband which was supposed to be for my retirement and give me a comfortable life in my later years. This now won’t last me until I get my pension as I still have 2 and a half years left to go.

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  118. A very big thank you for helping to try for some compensation. I have worked full time since age 15 in 1969 and cannot retire until May 2020. I also look after 2 autistic grandchildren. I feel like I have been mugged by our government. I am well aware of the effects of Welfare Reform as I am a Welfare Rights Specialist. I am unable to attend protests due to work commitment but a very big thank you to those who do on all of our behalfs

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  120. What about the vast number of women who were advised to switch from ‘A’ stamp to the ‘B’ stamp on returning to work after having their families. They were told that they would receive a lesser but instead they received a pittance! They were sold down the river. Its always the women that suffer yet again!!!

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  122. Thank you to everyone involved in getting this so far. Micheal Mansfield was never shy of a fight either. After working continuously since I was 14 years old and now in my 61st year I could really do with a gap year or 6. I am going to share the hell out of this for those who dont know. We have more than earned this, shame on those who stole that which we earned

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  123. I had to retire early from illnesses and can’t work I was born 1955 and did no now I could not get my pension at 60 till I phoned and ask I can’t cope money wise and don’t see why we have to suffer I worked as nurse for many years

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  124. This is fantastic news!! I am hoping and praying that the law will change; Like lots of women born in the fifties, I have worked from the age of 16 years, apart from bringing up my two children until the commenced full time education. I have more than paid my dues. Roll on the 24th May!!

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  125. People born in the 50s have been robbed. A lot of us have and still are working. We have worked all our lives. Too have put retirement to 66 we have lost thousands. The normal working class always suffer. They want us to work until wee drop.

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  127. Great news for all women,not just those like myself who were born in the 50’s the age should never have been raised in the first place,if they wanted men and women to be the same then the pension age should have dropped to 60 for everyone,after all those making the decision to raise it in the first place are able to retire early with a good pension and a golden handshake……

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  128. So hopeful through all the hard work of the W.A.S.P.I team that we eventually reach a victory ,myself and two of my colleagues who work in social care are 61 62 and 63 we struggle each day to continue as we work in a very physical and mentally demanding job with arthritis , back problems even cancer we have to struggle on .Through years of helping others are now paying the price in more ways than one .we have worked from being 15 we have paid our dues we deserve to retire !!

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  130. well done.. I was born in 59.. I still have no idea what my retirement age is,, thought it was when I reached 67!!!! I hope not.. im 60 in april and worn out now.. what with working and coming home to cooking dinner.. washing and housework.. hoping we get good news.. thank you

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  131. Thanks for this , these women deserve this review of their disappearing pension , in my 44 th year working as a nurse in the Nhs never thought I’d have to work past the age of 60

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    • I was born 1st Feb 1960, got no notification, am divorced with non of my ex husband’s pension so I really hope it will be extended to us too. Can’t work til I’m 66 as I already have health issues x

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  135. I cannot thank all the campaigners enough for those who have tirelessly worked so hard to bring this issue to justice. I will be following this very closely.

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  136. I am unaware of your circumstances relating to your health problem, but have you tried for attendance allowance. This is not a means tested benefit so it cannot be based on your financial position. If you awarded it, it will allow you to have free prescriptions for medicine, eye tests and dentistry. As for your immigration point, there is already a system in place for workers from the EU to claim their Pensions only on the years that they have worked in UK.
    On the other hand there is the problem of British Nationals bringing their parents across from other countries is a hot potato which Parliament and the Law have giving varying interpretations. Maybe a solution would be to increase the contributions of those who bring their parents to the UK and tell the Indian government to spend more on their pensioners than their space programme.

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    • Attendance allowance is only eligible when the person reaches their state pension age. Prior to reaching state pension age, the benefit is PIP (which replaced DLA).

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  137. Great news for all the women who have really suffered due to this discrimatory legislation. Having worked full time from the age of 16, I was due to receive my pension in December 2012 at age 60. I did not receive it until September 2015 (not as bad a wait as some others) but when I DID finally receive it, my Carers Allowance for looking after my late husband was stopped. Apparently I was not entitled to receive both of those ‘benefits’. That was when I realised our pensions we worked & paid for all our working lives, are now classed as ‘benefits’. Adding insult to injury!

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  139. As a 1954 woman who has just retired from working , I applaud all who are fighting for us. We’re not asking for anything other than our own money. It’s criminal how we’ve been treated.

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  140. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into,this. I am a 1957 baby and should get my pension at 60, I also feel it was so wrong, again if they have put the pension age up in increments such as saying I would have to work until 61 fine but to add five years on was disgraceful.
    Here’s wishing success to all us 1950s ladies

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  141. Thank you, thank you, thank you,
    for supporting us, keeping us informed and all the hard work and fundraising by all.
    I’m a 1954 born, I get my pension on 6th May 2019, I will be 65yrs and nearly 4months. It’s been a long hard slog. I will have paid 50yrs of NI contributions by the time I get my pension!
    I am lucky in as much as I am still healthy, but that could all change tomorrow, so many are suffering not only financially but also in bad health and being forced to continue working.
    For all 1950’s born, I really, wish you all a positive outcome. I also hope the pension age goes back to 60 for all other women, we are NOT living longer, we are tired at 60, we have given enough of ourselves by 60, worked hard, cared for parents, partners, children and grandchildren, kept house, and need a well deserved rest by 60. Good Luck everybody. ❤️

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    • I was born in September 1954 but don’t get my pension until September 2020. I don’t understand why some born in the same year get their pension earlier???

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  142. Good news… shame the review date has been move from January to May.I am 64 yrs old still working full time ,also extra an 20 hrs per week.Under current S/P age of 66 I will have to continue to work a further 18 months. I do wonder if I can continue to do so.

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  144. I had to wait till I was 63 and7 months to get my pension it’s a discrase I worked and paid for my pension and so did my boss. The government gave me nothing so why are they allowed to steel our money. If this was a private pension they would be in prison for fraud

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    • People don’t realise. It’s not a pension in the real sense of the word. It’s a benefit and so it can be taken away. However much we have contributed towards NI over the yesas. I worked for 45 years.

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      • I know Wendy, it is disgusting. Some of our Ladies stories should never have happened. It’s not just the money for me, and I’m sure for many more, it’s the time we will never get back. My favourite saying for some time now has been ‘live every day as though it could be your last’. Every day the odds of this happening get lower. These years should be for doing the things we planned for and dreamed about, whatever this may be for the individual, but how can we do this, with little or no spare money! I feel as if I am becoming very bitter and angry about this, getting worse as every day passes!

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  145. JUSTICE is on the way !!!!
    Mr Michael Mansfield and Team is going to see that the Scales of Justice are finally brought to a
    Head because the
    Governments stubborn words
    NOT LISTENING for the past 5 years to anything us Women are
    Saying has been a total SIN for all the 60s Women
    So May 2019 will be another day in the HISTORY BOOKS
    Mr Mansfield Thank you

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  146. Wonderful news.. brings hope to many.. let justice prevail…
    Hard working honest and caring women have been hung out to dry…
    They have been ignored in the name of equity.. where was the equality when we worked in jobs, the very same jobs as men but paid less just because we are women?
    Yes we wanted to be treated equal…but how is this equal…?

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  147. I found out a few weeks before my 60th birthday that I would not receive my pension. I had paid full NI from being a teenager and lost my income on the day I turned 60. When my MP wrote to complain on my behalf, he received a reply stating that no woman had her pension date put back more than 18 months. Funny how that equates to me not getting my pension until I am 65 years 11 1/2 months old. Nearly six years! To add insult to injury, my contributions are already at the level required to receive the maximum pension amount.
    What is also not mentioned in reports, is that those 1950s women who receive disability benefits, desite having some income, are still at least £30 a week worse off than they would be if receiving the pension that they expected to receive. Disabled women who cannot work being deprived of money they worked hard for and contributed to for their lives.

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  148. None of this has been done fair as when I was off work having a baby I wasent aloud to add to my pension. If I didn’t earn enough I couldn’t add to pension so I have nothing. Let’s hope its better for next generation. Thank you for trying

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  149. I am a 50’s woman (sept 55) and had to leave my job due to ill health, I should be receiving my pension, bought and paid for by me, not struggling. I never intended to leave work at 60 (pushed out at 61) as I liked working. But now I have no option I need my pension not penury. Hope they can’t wriggle out of paying us now. Well done to all the fighters!

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  150. We have been cheated make no mistake about that. I did receive a letter stating the changes to be made in 2012, I was then 58 years old. I found it impossible to continue till 66, I made it to 63. I have had to sell my house to fund the intervening years until I am eligible for my state pension. I feel angry frustrated and cheated beyond belief. I’m also one of the lucky ones, there are women who have no financial support whatsoever. Shame on this government.

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  151. Let’s hope we get our money that we are due to what we all expected to receive when we turned 60 (JUSTICE FOR US WOMEN) 👍🏼

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  152. Special hardship to women born between Oct 1953 and Oct 1954. A female born exactly 1year before me received her state pension at age 63 years 2 months and 10 Days . I will get my state pension at 65years 6months and 11days. A female exactly one year younger than me will get her state pension on her 66th birthday. People born in 1956 , 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 will also get their state pensions on their 66 birthdays. I have had my state pension age changed 4 times and was not given 10 years informed notice. 1953/1954 woman have been severly discriminated against .

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    • Same as me .March 1954 ladies effected the worse can’t understand how it was calculated for all ladies born in the 50’s also if you worked for local council and took option of paying into a pension that also suddenly altered no warning would that happen if the company was private?

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  153. I wasn’t aware of this until I went to my local Council to apply for a Bus Pass and was told that I 16mths ago and was told I can’t apply because the retirement age for someone who was born in 1957 had gone up.
    Then a few weeks later I was listening to the Breakfast News on the television and they were talking to a couple Women who were part of the Campaign group.
    I was totally shocked by what lengths the Government is going to.
    For someone who has worked and raised my children has a Single Mum until I met my late Husband who died of Advanced Prostate Cancer.
    Then was made Compulsory redundant a year later after his death.
    Then my health deteriorated and I now have spondylolistheses, arthritis, borderline diabetic (strong family history) and high blood pressure.
    To be told that I am not able to have my pension until 65 was another blow to the system.
    I really wish that justice will prevail with this unjust Government.
    I really hope that the age is reverted back to 60 not just for myself but for all the Women who have worked really hard and have contributed to this Country in more ways than one.

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  154. This is good news l am one of the women effected and who knew about this legislation agreed in 1995 . Having been through a divorce in 2002 l was totally unaware until 2012 as knowing this l would of reviewed the financial situation differently ascam sure many women of my age would of done so . I have paid in excess of £40,000 into this scheme and feel l have been totally robbed of my hard earned money . It’s the injustice of all the women effected . Relying on there health to keep going. Thanks to everyone who has campaigned tirelessly throughout this campaign .

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  155. I was born in 1960 and feel resentful that I now have to work all these extra years. I am tired and also feel we are job blocking younger people entering the workforce.
    My husband is older than me. Had retirement age remained as it was, I would have retired a year after him. Now he will be 73 before I can retire. He isn’t in the best of health now, I can practically see all our retirement plans disappearing before my eyes.

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  156. Your retirement pension take many years to plan and we have been faced with handling too many inconsistent changes made too quickly by the government. I feel robbed! Thank you for all your hard work to try and rectify this injustice.

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  157. Not sure why DWP need more time, surely they have their case prepared as they implemented the changes in the beginning ? Not only have 50s woman lost out on state pension they lost out on occupational pension years as well. When I started work, unlike men we had to wait two years before being allowed into company pension scheme, shafted by both!!!

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  158. Excellent news I hope some form of compensation will be paid to1953 Men and Women onwards.
    Let us hope that the age of retirement is reduced for both sexes to a realistic age.and that everyone will receive their state pension.
    I would like to thank everyone for the work they have undertaken in bringing this case to judicial review.

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  159. Thankyou for all the people that have worked on this cause. Being ‘up North’ I’m not able to go to any demonstrations, but am with everyone in spirit (I’m a 1959’er) and I spread the word of all you good people. I remember being notified about 14 years ago, my pension age had gone to 63 (which I disgruntily accepted) BUT then it moved to 66. I know the nearer I get to 66, it will most probably move again (!) They are wanting to eventually change it to 70 (I used to work with the dreaded dwp!) So this June (when 60) I could calculate how much I should have been getting up to the new qualifying of 66 (6 years at the moment of tying this!) I have stopped working (through another reason) and so will get less pension at 66, due to also not contributing 6 years. especially as I have worked the qualifying years (that were previously set) so more money saved in the dwp coffers. It really doesn’t seem right. So a really big thank you for everyone. I hope it reaches a good an fair result for our decade.

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  160. Wonder why this has been put back!!!could this be an onimous sign of the way things might be going!!! Makes me think the other side are are going to dig in deep to win their case, surely this is a set back for us!

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    • I am so glad that we have a review I worked for Remploy we lost our jobs they never told us i could not retire until I was 64 and 5 months and took 44 thousand pounds off my pension plus took my job I started work at 15 in the August then worked till I was made redundant then told I would not get my pension I and my friends who were all born in 1053 feel robbed they took our national insurance and made a agreement to pay a pension when we reach 60 then 3 years before my due date to receive my pension I am told you will not receive what you paid into I call that theft no matter which way you look at it so THANK YOU so much for all that you are doing to help the the people who have but there trust in all the government and have been so LET DOWN by them and the lady above should be ashamed to say she hope that this is not the case thank you again for your help we need people like you

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  163. I am almost 63 years old and have been homeless now for 7 months, due to the fact my husband, a physio with a well known football team, upped and left me with huge debts, accrued when his team weee 10 months in administration and I fully supported us both financially during this time! I entered trust deed after he left, but he then forced sale of our matrimonial home and my share of proceeds were taken to repay debts! If I had my pension it would go a long way financially in helping me to afford a roof over my head! I also have a private pension I also cannot claim on! I am working full time and still struggling financially! Us 50’s women have worked long and hard for many years, only for our very own government to stab us in the back and virtually steal our pensions, our future, our independence, away from us! It’s abuse in the most strongest, horrific form!! We deserve better!!

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  164. I was born in April 1960, with current retirement age 66 years and 1 month. So not only an increase to 65 but a further year and 1 month. Good luck and let’s hope any victory is proportioned accordingly.

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    • I am 60 next week and when I started work at 16 was told I would get my state pension at 60. I have worked all my life apart from 6 months off after having my two children, I am an insulin diabetic for 50 years and my health is failing, but have to work another 6 years. I think it’s di Agustin. Even my husband says it’s wrong that his state pension has gone from 65 to 66 ( 1 year) and women’s have now gone from 60 to 66 ( 6 years).
      Thanks Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Bet your wives don’t have to work until 66

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    • Could it be they’re DESPERATELY searching for ‘evidence’, Jane? Evidence, that is, which doesn’t exist, as they did NOT inform us, deliberately, knowing the impact of this would be Beyond Huge. They knew, even before the 1995 Act became Law that most women earned around £300,000 less than a man, due to majority of us being Mothers and/or Carers for our parents and in-laws…and some were concerned that this would impact us even more deeply, financially. KNOWING this, Clarke and Major went ahead and destroyed our lives anyway…..

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    • The DWP does NOT need longer. They – just like Mrs May – are experts at dragging their feet! Yeah, well we’re not going away that’s for sure. Cheers, Margs.

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  166. Thankyou for all those fighting on our behalves. I am a 63 year old widow after getting £2500 lump sum now get £100 a month widows’ pension. Have been cheated out if around £42000. Worked since I was 17
    until 61 need my pension now

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  167. Thank you so much. I was born in January 1955, have to wait an extra six years for my pension with no notice whatsoever. I’m self-employed but with no work at the moment, little energy and still two years to go I don’t know how I’m going to survive. NIC for 48 years so far!

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  168. OMG!! Please god give us our pension which I have paid into for over 42yrs +.I don’t work now, have no husband living hand to mouth. I get no benefits only 25% off council tax. I am worried sick about the future. I have to wait another 2yrs to get my pension. Yet people come to OUR country and get every benefits going i can’t get my head round that!!

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    • Same I have been working since 15 and paid national insurance until now I’m 63 in April..I miss out on a year earlier also as born in April….it’s not fair it’s our money we paid in we want it back.

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  170. Thank you so much for all your support to all our 50’s people. I was born in 1956 and have to wait until 2022 before I get my state pension. I am still working and have been working since I was 15 paying “full stamp” with a six year break when I had my children. I now suffer with Osteoarthritis in both thumbs which limits what I can do at work. Good luck with the judicial review in May and thank you again.

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  171. They want us to work till we drop!! I’ve got another 5years but l have medical issues but cant go on sickness benefit, it’s so unfair

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  172. Thank you for fighting for us. I was told eighteen months before I was sixty that I wouldn’t be getting anything until 65. I had to lie about my age to get another job working with violent and abusive kids . A job I did until I was 65 . I feel I should have been given more warning. I understand the government is under pressure from all sides but I had to give up my job six months before my pension age as I physically couldn’t do all the driving and the 15 hour shifts. I came off the road at one point. If circumstances could have been taken into consideration then that would have been more humane. I’m lucky I’m very fit and active. Others are not as lucky as me.

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  174. Thank you David and the rest of your team. We are one step closer to getting our just dues. We are living off my husbands pension because I cannot get a job, our lifestyle has changed and our savings are deminishing fast. Thank you for all your doing for us and keep up the good work. Looking forward to May.

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  177. I was born in 1955 and gave up working in August 2017 due to exhaustion. But unable to access state pension till I reach 66 years in 2020. My occupational pension had also been changed so was in line with state pension age so in order to take it early and have at least a small income I was forced to take a reduced pension; so a double whammy! Also still having to pay NI contributions to ensure I get as much of full state pension as possible. Feels like being hit 3 times. Was not informed of changes to state pension age, only found out because of information via occupational pension when we were informed that age of retirement for women members was being changed and then then for all members changed again and put even further away.

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  180. And so it should go back to 60.When my husband and i first got married he was 4 and half years older than me.Now he is retired and
    Im still out working.I have been working since I was 16 and feel that we should’ve finished together.I will be keen to read more about this.How good would that be for everybody if they could overturn the decision.

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  181. Thank you
    I was born 1956 and have worked since I was 15
    I have suffered serious illness in the last few years and I have had to carry on working through it.
    I am very tired and not due to retire till 2022
    I am on my own and find working life very hard now
    But thank you for trying to sort this for all of us

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  182. I woke this morning aching all over from working last night. I have worked since the age of 15. Had two years off for the birth of my girls only. Nursed all my family through to end of life and still doing it today with my only remaining aunt and uncle 88 & 89, school run with grandchildren which I should be enjoying but I am 63 nearly and well and truly worn out but reading this had given me a glimmer of hope . Thankyou so much x

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    • Let’s hope it’s good news come may,they not interested in we knacked full aches and arthritis,plus trying help are kids with childcare, fingers crossed for a good outcome

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  183. Pleased to see that a date has been set, but its later than what I was expecting. I am now 62 already worked 2;years more than I wanted to, with another 4 to go. Let’s hope that justice is done and we can get back to where we should be and not working another 4 years!!

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  184. It is also ridiculous that you cannot get a bus pass until you get your pension. But the people who live in London can get their bus pass at 60 I would like to know what the difference is?

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  185. So glad that someone is fighting for the women that was born in the 50s, I myself was in 1955 and was hoping to retire with my husband but will have to work until I am 66 is this the way that the government hope that a lot of women will not reach retirement, so they do not have to pay .i have worked from the age of 15 and always had jobs that involve hard physical work and now have problems with Standing ,but I still have to work as I cannot afford to give up and live just on my husband pension,I find it a very unfair system for women we are still being treated as 2nd class people thankyou

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  186. I payed 36 years into my pension but only received my pension when I was 61 which is a total sum of £12,000 Lost y I paid all that money over they didn’t pay me back did they.
    I know it’s only one year if I feel so sad for the people who had to wait 5 years 10 years so sad this government is the biggest piece of garbage I’ve ever known.

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  188. Many, many thanks to everyone for fighting for us 50’s women. My friend of the same age as me is terminally ill. She campaigned with me to get signatures to present to our MP about this utterly terrible injustice to us ladies. Thank you and good luck. Also, I would like to know why the DWP were given more time to present their case. It is the government that are the perpetrators not us.

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  189. Great news at least we will be heard and show we are not prepared to roll over without a fight! On my own working and looking after a dependent relative. What should and is a joy helping to support my daughter with her baby is exhausting. I wanted to be able to make the most of my later years, instead I’m a wreck with no way out. Thank you from bottom of my heart for trying on our behalf

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  190. I was born in December 1956 so have had my retirement age upped twice (60 to 65 then to 66). I have always worked – no children so no bred. I am the proud owner of three artificial joints and am riddled with arthritis in other joints I could do with retiring whilst i can still get around (just!). I would like to spend some time with my retired husband before I pop my clogs!

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  191. Well done and as a victim of this ridiculous situation, I am fully supportive of the campaign . I am 63, 64 in August, I have worked full-time since I was 15. I have been a support worker for the last thirty years and have back ,knee and finger problems from the wear and tear of the job. I am literally exhausted. I need to work as I still have a mortgage. But I could manage if I had my state pension,as well as my works pension.

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  192. This is brilliant news and if anyone can right this wrong QC Mansfilef can! Born 1953 robbed of £47,000. Thanks to all involved in fighting on our behalf.

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  193. Thank you so much for all your hard work I was born Oct 1954 and worked since I was 15 We waited 10 years for our 1st Grandson and they moved to be nearer work so we did too to take on the role of childcare I gave up work thinking I would get my pension at 60 Now I have to be 66 so we live off my Husbands pension and savings This makes life very hard.Lets hope Justice is done.

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  195. Thank you for your help. I too am having to carry on working despite having arthritis which my doctor confirms is getting worse due to my job.

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  196. I was born November 1952 so had to work an extra 2&1/2 yrs in real bad pain from disc degenerate disease . Hiatus hernia and fibromyalgia. I am now a wreak and having to pay for regular treatment.

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  197. Many Thanks to everyone involved for the continued work you are doing for our pension rights!
    Fingers crossed for the result we should have!

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  200. Thank you everyone involved for their hard work I feel the government has let us down badly feel cheated out of my pension after working my whole life looking forward to it at 60 as everyone does! Keep up the good work!😘

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  203. Such good news. Consecutive governments have robbed us women of our rightful pensions, I will be 1 month short of 66 when I receive my pension and presently live off my husbands pensions, I am luckier than women on their own who have had unimaginable struggles it’s a disgrace. Justice will prevail

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  204. I was born in 1962 and like a previous comment when my husband and I married (he is 4 years older than me) we had planned to retire together,him at 65 me at 60,that choice has been taken away from us,not only is it an extra 5 years more than expected it is now the case that I am going to have to wait until I am 67.I have worked since I was sixteen and payed my national insurance,where’s the fairness in this???I do hope justice is done and not just for women born in the 50s but also for us women born early 60s .

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  205. Thank you l had to give up work due to ill health a year ago and it seems to be happening to my friends who have worked long and hard all of our lives. For any income you have to fight go to tribunals which usually are not in our favour I hope this is one you can win for us and I can stop relying on my low paid female partner to keep a roof over our heads and start doing things I dreamed of in my pasture years

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  207. I was born in 1958, I worked from aged 16 to 18 then travelled with my then husband for four years, had two children then worked from the age of 24 – 54 then unfortunately due to chronic kidney disease had to medically retire and take my NHS pension early which I invested wisely to give me a small income but could not survive financially without my husbands income, I know I am luckier than some but my state pension at 60 would have made my life more comfortable

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  208. I would like to say good luck as I’m a 50s baby who started work at 15 and still working under duress and through ill health.
    In 4 years I’ve had 3 prolapse operations due to my job in a very busy sandwich shop
    I’m only part time but even that is hard work keeping my job going.
    My body is telling me I need to retire at 63 but cannot afford too.
    Instead I’m having to work until I’m 66 thanks to the government.
    I really hope and pray something is done for all us 50s ladies who have been cheated out of a lot of retirement money.
    Wishing you all the best 👍🏼

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  209. Thank god that finally us women born in 1950s are going to get some justdice for being robbed by this Tory government, we got no notice this change would be taking place, this is not a handout or benefit we are asking for, its our entitlement that we have paid for all our working life, were has the money gone that we paid in ? .

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  211. My independence & choices have been stolen & the positive result of this case would make a huge difference to myself & so many other women who were never given time to prepare & made others homeless.

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  212. I was born in June 1955 and am now aged 63 and a half. I have just lost my beloved Mum, who would have been 98 this coming March 2019. I lost my dear Dad 10 years ago so Mum has lived on her own independantly, with help from myself and my Son, in the modest family home on a single person pension since that time.
    I have worked full time since 16 years of age in various jobs and have latterly taken a couple of months off work to support Mum at home with increasing fraility, and then following a stroke, visit her in hospital, then her discharge and subsequent transfer to a Care Home, as she sadly faded day by day. Now feeling bereft having to deal with the aftermath and making arrangements following her passing. I do feel bitter that by the Government having raised Retirement age for myself until 2021, that I have been unable to afford to be with my Mum for the last couple of years of her life. An injustice indeed, which needs righting as soon as possible. The Government cannot have it all ways. One tries to maintain a healthy lifestyle while travelling to and fro to work on a full time basis , whilst supporting elderly parents, is very tiring and has taken its toll. Like many, I look forward to hearing how this matter will be resolved going forward and wish everyone in a similar position to myself the strength to carry on in the meantime.

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  213. I was born in May 1953 and was looking forward to retirement in 2013, however six months before my 60th Birthday I was told I had to work a further three and a half years. Apparently I was born one month too late!!!
    It was a struggle to continue working due to stress at work and had to finish working a year before receiving my pension.

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  214. Thanks for trying to help us born in the 50s, I’ve worked all my life & then when I get to retirement age I have my pension stolen. X

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  215. I had to give up work in 2009 age 54 to look after my husband who has had a stroke, because I was the main earner as husband was already medically retired I lost out on earnings as well. Had to take a hit to take company pension early. Husband too old to go on PIP as he was 65 so no financial help other than attendance allowance and carers allowance. Then was told in 2011 that my state pension age had been increased yet again. I was and still am not in any position to do anything about increasing my earnings. We are now having to live on our dwindling savings which is what we have worked all our lives for.

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  216. Here is hoping this case will be dealt with fairly and all us 1950s women get back what we are all entitled too. It has been Disgraceful how we have been robbed of what we have paid into the system. and to still be having to pay National insurance at 64 yrs of age until retirement at 66.

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  218. Alot of us weren’t prepared for this 43 years full NIS paid, its effecting us health wise as well ,alot won’t fit enough to enjoy retirement

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  219. Thank you so much I’m alost 64 and I am working 12 hour shifts im finding it really hard working my body is knackered with arthritis I’ve worked all of my life only to be told I have to work until I’m 66 nearly 67 before I get my pension this is so unfair
    Wasn’t it that men retired at 65 women at 60 to make way for younger people to get our jobs

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  221. I was born Oct 1954 am a double lung transplant recipient ,had to give up work at55 getting esa ,I should have got my pension 4 years ago now I’ve another 2 to go

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  222. Thank you for continually fighting for our pension rights. It been a long time in coming this far. But I believe in every one. Who his fighting for our rights. Due not being informed, so many have suffered hardships. Through ill health and not being able to receive there pension. Also having to continue to work. With health related problems well into our 60’s is not right!

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  223. Thank you for supporting all of 50s born women who have been so disastrously affected by change in pension age.
    Brought in by stealth by coalition government, this has had major devastating financial implications for those affected, myself included.
    I wont go into personal details except to say, had I been informed much, much earlier, I would have had detailed information at my fingertips in order to make informed career choices.
    I have worked all my life and now find myself at age 65 in hardship and not even attaining the basic state pension of £150 pw. All because the government did not make change in pension age/subsequent effects to the general public freely available.
    It is my opinion that I should have been made aware of changes in plenty of time to put in place appropriate measures. To put me personally, and all 50s women generally, into financial hardship after a lifetime of NI contributions and through no fault of their own, is most clearly a case of maladministration.

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  224. first, i have to say thank you very much for your fight for 50s women .i was born in 57 now 62 worked since 15 years old paid my taxes and insurance have been medically retired since i was 51 so am not fit to work now never mind till i am 67 it just beggars belief that the person who introduced this policy has him self retired at 61 it is cruel and unjust

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  225. Well done for all the hard work that the back to 60 and the waspi woman have done. I wrote to the DWP and My local MP but nothing. Well are all asking for what we are due. I left my work at 62 due due to me losing my job through council cut backs. The Gave me alternate jobs but the jobs were changed 5 times in 3 years. The last job was totally one I was never train for. I not retraining at 62 and had to leave due to stress and Ill health. I look after my 85 year old mother and grandchildren. The Government are a disgrace treating hard working woman. Well done and I hope we win the case. They DWP owe me alone £44,000 pounds of my money that I paid since I was 17.

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  226. Fantastic News! I am 65 this year and paid NI for 40 years but have to wait till I’m 65 and 9 months to receive my pension in March 2020. Meantime my husband who only lived and worked in the UK for 20 years, turned 65 this year Has been notified that his starts this March!! A farce.

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  227. Thank you so much for fighting for us all. I was born in 1953 and was told by a friend of a friend that my retirement age was going from 60 to 65 a few months before I should of retired. I have worked since I was 15.
    Keep up the good work and fingers crossed you win this case for all who have been cheated out of their pension.

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  229. I started earning for myself at age 10 with a lowly paper round followed by saturday/holiday work until I entered the workplace proper, aged 16. I worked and contributed to society until I was 60 and could no longer work due to various disabilities. I am now in the position of having to wait until I am 66 before I can get my hard earned state pension. To add insult to injury I am having to fight the DWP for PIP because of assessors who have told blatant lies to prevent me from receiving my correct benefits. I feel like I have been sold down the river by a society I have worked so hard for. I do hope justice will prevail!!

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  230. Heartfelt thank you’s all round.
    I am 66yrs old.
    I started work at 15 1/2 and am still working.
    I got my pension 2 1/2 yrs later than I was told, a loss of approx £16 to £17k
    Good luck in May.

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  233. I pleased to hear this as someone who has a letter saying what my pension would be at 60 and was planning to retire then. I am now 64.5 and still working and have worked from the age of 15. I am finding more difficult with the health conditions I have. The raising of the pensio age from 60, to 64 (in my case) I was aware of, but I was never informed of the rise to 66. Thankfully I am fortunate in that 6 months was taken off 66 so my retirement date is no 6 January 2020.

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  234. Great news. Ironic that DWP need more time to prepare their case. They weren’t concerned about not giving 19590’s women enough time to make plans for retirement.

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  236. I am not happy having to wait till I’m 66 I have worked since I was 15 always paid in and income tax now at nearly 62 could be doing with my state pension to help me in my later years it’s a real hardship having to struggle for the next 4 years this is most unfair to my generation

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  237. This is fantastic news.
    Please publicise anything that individuals can do to maximise the chances of this succeeding. And thanks so much to all who have pushed for this.
    It is only when you are actually experiencing the negative effects of having to work till 66, maybe with health problems, or wanting to reduce hours a little but can’t afford to, that you really understand how unfair this is.
    Friends just a little older were able to retire at 60 or boost their state pensions by leaving them in 2 or 3 more years with the option of retiring when they needed to.
    I love my job but am in physical pain from arthritis every day. I’m not the only one!

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  238. I was born January 1959, so 60 years of age tomorrow! Enough said..
    Thank you to all of you working so hard on our behalf. Means so very much.

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  240. Thank you for all your work in supporting all the women who have suffered such a grave injustice. I was born in 1955 and worked since 15. I had breast cancer and continued to work until recently when I became unwell at 63. We even sold our home. I have been worried out of my mind at least now you have given so many hard working women a voice. Bless you x

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  241. Cear Mr David Hencke, there are high rumours on social media that returning officers (the admin of elections) have been warned to prepare for a snap general election. As there are local elections on 2 May 2019, that could mean there is no government in place as a general election has been set. But surely the lawyers are for the Department of Work and Pensions, who will still be working, even though the politicians are not in place. The Prime Minister remains until the result of the general election.

    Do you endorse future policy, by endorsing Grey Swans 8 pension demands into the next Labour government, please, which include state pension payment age 60 for men and women the same in Labour’s election manifesto, please?

    You do not need to retire to claim your pensions.

    Another Grey Swans pensin demand is full works pension age of 50 for men and women.

    Grey Swans 8 pension demands are similar / same as the pension demands by the socialist Yellow Vest Protestors in France.

    I, as admin Grey Swans, will be Grey Swans static demo in front of BBC Portland Place, London on Saturday 12 January, from 12 noon til 3.30pm, if you, Sir, want to ask me any questions on Grey Swans and Labour state pension policy (at the moment entirely missing in their Manifesto).

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  243. I am a 1957 female , also a carer, made redundant at 60. Do you know how difficult it is to persuade companies that we are employable when even they think 60 is a pensioner and not a prospective new employee?
    My pension pot is low due to three factors. 1. Being a female who chose to have family first and start career later
    2. Having a disabled spouse who had to finish work at 42.
    3. The company I worked for had a gender pay gap which influences pension.

    The government notification of changes came into effect after these factors. The speeding up of their decision dud not give time to allow fenales to make alternative financial plans. The continued culture against recruiting 60+ women in good professions does not help.

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  244. Thank you to everyone who has kept this campaign going. When I was 50 I planned my finances as a single lady and had 10 years to work to retire at 60. 10 years on I now have a further 6 years to work/ wait for this to be paid. Equates to losing £36,000.00 at least in lost pension. Has meant lots of women who have planned to retire at 60 have been let down and feel very hard done to. So glad it is being aired at least.

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  245. How do I support this action? I was completely unaware of the change in pension age and received a shock when I discovered the new age. How can it be that my ex husband, born in 1954, who wll be 65.5 years old, can retire 6 months earlier than me at 66. As I suffer from serious and progressive illnesses, this is causing me unnecessary stress and hardship.

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  248. I was born in 1956 and cannot claim my state pension until I am 66. I worked for the local Government for 43 years and retired at 60. I have I feel been penalised in relation to the state pension. Lets hope Justice is done and we can have the state pension we are entitled too!!!

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  249. How can they say the pension age was raised in the name of “equality”. Women do not have the same physical strength as men? That is one inequality that fashion or politics cannot change..

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  251. So unfair we were given no notice and to raise it SIX years is disgusting and will have lost around £40K; and yes foreigners get all the benefits – where’s the justice in that! And loads of money goes abroad – look after the people who have put into the system first.

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    • Look after Brits who retire abroad. We paid the same contributions but do not get annual increases. We cost the government nothing as we live overseas.

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  252. I was affected by this born 1957, new retirement date 2023. I had 6 years to go when this came in and it was doubled to twelve. Not only have I lost out on pension money, all plans I had for my retirement at 60 went out the window. My partner is 11 years older than me and we thought we would have time to spend in retirement together. He will be 77 when I retire now and really hope he is still in good health so we can still carry out at least some of our previous plans. Thank you so much for the work you are putting in to fight this!!!!

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  253. I had worked since the age of 16. I am now 63. I lost my husband Four years ago and don’t even get a widow’s pension. Thank you for trying to put this right.

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  255. It should have been phased in. Governments are spiteful towards the working classes. If you cant work and are in social housing you are punished with bedroom tax because the children have left, £73 and pennies to live on if you cant work but of course that saves them nearly £100 by raising the pension age. Like many on here I have to wait until 66 until I can get some of the 42 years worth of money I have paid to governments via taxes and NI contributions and everything else we are ripped off for in this country. Other countries at least pay higher pensions than ours. So I hope the government delaying tactics are thrown out by a judge that sees it for what it is.

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    • I wrote to the Minister for Pensions last year suggesting the following compromise, but as expected got an 8 page reply basically saying nothing and certainly not addressing any point that I had made:- – – – “Would it have been so difficult to come to an amicable conclusion that would have allowed for a transitional arrangement, where most women would lose out financially, but by varying levels based on age and closeness to state pension age. As those women involved were not informed until “very late in the day” (many were never informed at all) – my wife found out at 58, transitional arrangements as follows would seem far fairer, far more reasonable, and would be more acceptable to most:-

      At the time of change:-
      Women aged 58 to 60 – no change in state pension age as 2 years warning is totally insufficient.
      Women aged 56 to 57 – new state pension age of 61.
      Women aged 54 to 55 – new state pension age of 62.
      Women aged 52 to 53 – new state pension age of 63.
      Women aged 50 to 51 – new state pension age of 64.
      Women aged 48 to 49 – new state pension age of 65.
      Women aged 47 or younger – new state pension age of 66.

      This is not “rocket science”, it is fairness and consideration that those involved deserve. Changing from 60 to 66 in one fell swoop was, and still is, disastrous to all those involved and should be reconsidered as a matter of urgency. A retrospective amendment as outlined above is still possible. These women deserve it, I ask for your comments and also ask that you take forward suggestions for altering and rectifying some of the damage already done without delay”.

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  256. This is welcome news, on a personal level I have already worked nearly 4 years more than I expected. I would love to stop working as my health is suffering but my savings are disappearing so quickly, plus still have a mortgage . I live on my own and struggle to heat it adequately -the winter fuel allowance would have made such a difference . Please, please, please let this review be successful, we have all had unfairness in the workplace including not being able to pay into work pensions and being “leapfrogged” by men on promotion as they were ” the main breadwinners” . So very very unfair. Let this injustice end and give women the dignity they deserve.

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    • Why oh why do you have to express your views regarding men in this forum, the government are to blame not men, who incidentally have had to work until they are 65 for years. What the government has done maybe unjust but stop blaming men for it. The barrister representing your case is one, if you haven’t noticed.

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  257. Thank you for all your help. I was born in 1958. I have worked part and full time since I was 18, I brought up 3 children as a divorced lady since 2001. Recently I have given up my job to care for my mother who didn’t live near me and at 86 needs help. I get £64.50 a week for this. Getting my rightful pension is desperately needed.

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  259. Let’s hope this goes in our favour. Surely the Prime Minister should have an interest in this being in the same age group

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    • It is discrimination of all of us women. I have paid 40 years full contributions and am still only 63, cannot get a job, and am in financial hardship. I worked hard all my life, only had maternity leave once, and now my savings are paying all the bills. The savings which were for my old age and may be needed for care will all be gone sooner than I get my pension. I can’t see Teresa May being concerned at all as she has lots of money!!

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    • You are joking right? You think the PM will have an interest because of her gender and age group. A multi millionaire interested in other women who need a state pension to make ends meet? Fat chance.

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    • It doesn’t make any difference to her because her pension still comes out at 60 . When they brought these new changes in that we weren’t even notified by . The made sure that they wrote in the new rules . That mp pensions wouldn’t alter . So they still get it at the old time 60

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  261. I and my husband were born in 1952 I worked all my life except for 4 years off for kids. I expected to get my pension at 60 and hubby at 65. That’s what it was for a long long time at 58 I was told I wasn’t going to get my pension to 62 and 4 months, husband still 65. So where was the logic in that, if things were equal why wasn’t husbands age put up then as well. As things were I had to retire at 58 due to disability so we really struggled for money then We had no option but to downsize as couldn’t afford the mortgage. If I was to get pension at 60 I would have struggled on but no way the extra years

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    • I was born in 52 and had to work till I was 62 to get my state pension if they bring it back down to 60 for women will we be able to claim them 2yrs back cos if not it’s not fair,but we probably won’t be able to cos they’ll come up with something

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  262. Thankyou 💐
    I was born August 1955,no warning of any changes and now cannot retire until September 2021,I was made redundant in December 2018,claiming Universal Credit,my health is poor I see no hope of getting another job, and through no fault of my own I will now struggle to survive until retirement (if I do) on top of this I am expected to pay £25.00 extra per week bedroom tax but this stops at retirement, (would have stopped at 60 ) i can only thankyou for fighting my corner

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  263. Well done and thank you
    I now spend my 60 struggling to keep my bills paid and finding the phisical and emotional stress in bearable after working since 15 yrs old , don’t know how much more I can take I am a 1956 child and feel like my whole life is upside down sad 😔

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  264. It is a struggle without our pension. Having to work longer if thats possible. I have had a sick husband who took early retirement at 58. He will be 65 this year i will be 60 neither of ud will now get our stste pension ad we had planned and thought we would. I regard it as notjing more than theft.

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  265. I was made redundant at 56.5 years. As my husband was disabled and needing more help I took a pay out. I thought the money would be enough to see us through til I was 60. Only found out at 59 i wouldnt get my pension at 60 and that was online. I’ve never received anything in writing from DWP. So now we struggle. Even if I could leave him to go back to work who would employ a 62 year old who’s been out of work for 6 years..
    Thanks for all you do.

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  266. I was born 1954, so 65 yrs old this April . My contributions are coming up to 50 years! I had no warning 1 st moved to 63 then not much notice been moved to 65 1/2 years. What is going on?? I’m still working still paying in . And now feeling tired and have nearly completed the extra 5 1/2 years. 60 hrs a week !!Hope I don’t die before this wicked government pays up its little or no notice I’m complaining about. No time to save or plan for retirement. I entered the contract at 15 years old I’ve kept my side of the contract which is more than the government can say !!!😡

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  267. 64 NOW AND HEARD ITS TO BE MAY 2O2O AFTER STARTING WORK FULL TIME AT 15 THIS IS NO JOKE MY HUBBY OLDER THAN ME AND ENJOYING HIS STATE PENSION WHICH IS HIS AND HE DOSENT INTEND SHARING WITH ME !SO THANKYOU FOR ALL WORKING SO HARD TO GET THIS SAD WRONG DOING PUT RIGHT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER…ALREADY LOST A SISTER IN LAW AND A FEW VERY BEST FRIENDS THAT NOW WONT GET A PENNY OF THEIR HARD WORKED PENSIONS !!

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  268. Government under pressure you say don’t make me laugh, they are laughing up our backs
    I would like that soft of pressure for our money they get wouldn’t you?
    Oh by the way I was born in the best year 1954 😥

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  269. Interesting that this says that the DWP are dealing with maladministration. I have received a letter from them saying that my claim (about not receiving a letter telling me about the dates moving) has been closed as a result of the judicial review. This is a shambles of an affair!
    I was born 1957, left my job in 2015 thinking I could manage on savings until age 60 & state pension. Savings all gone, can’t get a job as who want to employ a nearly 62-year-old with diagnosed arthritis in her neck and knees? Struggling with bills. Worked from age 18 and apart from 3 years at home with babies I have paid full national insurance – that I thought was me paying into my own pension – how wrong I was to trust them

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  270. I was born in 1957 I’ve worked since I was 15 I should have retired 2 yrs ago but now have to work another 4yrs before I can get my pension I would finish work tomorrow if I could. Thank you for fighting this for us let’s hope it goes in our favour

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  271. I am so pleased it has been recognised. Why should a women’s retirement date be put up by 6 years and only 1 year to men.
    Thanks for trying to get justice for women.

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  272. I am so pleased it has been recognised. Why should a women’s retirement date be put up by 6 years and only 1 year to men.
    Thanks for trying to get justice for women.

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  274. I feel so cheated! Really want to enjoy my retirement at 60 and still having to work to the age of 66 should be voluntary thing! Some may wish to do that but I personally don’t …I’ve worked since the age if 16 in the NhS and feel it’s time to let the younger generation have these jobs! I am annoyed to be treated unfairly and robbed of our hard earned money

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  275. Thank you, I hope we win this. We also lost out as women were never paid the same wages as men and many women worked part time when children were in school. Compare any woman working alongside a man who both payed into an occupational pension and the result would be that the man would be much better off. For those reasons alone, this age increase should have been phased in over many years. It’s only recently that wages have become equal. So without the same opportunity to save via pensions etc., how can the government just say that you are all equal now and just change the age. If I’d have been aware of the implications of having to wait an extra 6 years, in my case, then I may have tried to save more into a pension fund.

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  276. This is one of the greatest injustices of all time , worked since 15yrs old still can’t get my pension at 63. I presumed i had a contract with the goverment , how they’ve been allowed to get away with this is beyond me, very quick to take my national insurances co tributions though!

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  280. I started work at the age of 15 I have paid tax and national insurance.i have never had a day off work.now I am being penalised.its our money give it to us what we have worked for.

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  281. This is good to hear, I was born 59 and now have to work till 66. I’m a care worker and I find it a struggle now, I worry how I will get through the next six years.

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  282. I am.the 1953 born April group who had their retirement date changed twice. Once with notice second one without any notice . First 62 yrs second 63 and 3 months learnt via the TV!
    It is disgraceful .

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  283. Well done all about time – I had to wait another 3.5 years to get my pension which is not enough to live on and to add insult to injury I nursed my mother for 8.5 years was refused carer allowance therefore lost 8 years tax credits.

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  284. God these women have fought for all the 50 women. I was born in 1954 can’t have my pension till next year even tho I will be 65 in may we really have been robbed carry on the good work and thank you

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  285. Good luck going forward and fighting the battle for so many women who have been wronged. It is a disgrace on so many levels and so unjust.

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  286. I was born in 1957. I left school in 1974 just before turning 15. I worked paye at a shop for a few months before going freelance self employed. I couldn’t buy national insurance stamps until I was 16 because they didn’t do them for girls, but they did for boys. Total inequality. I believed that I would retire at 60. But here I am at 61 working 40 hours a week struggling with hearing loss and other health issues. I am a registered carer for 2 of my adult sons who are disabled. I have had emotional breakdowns with the pressure. My suggestion is that pension age could be the same for men and women, we wouldn’t have felt so cheated if mens retirement came down and women’s went up to meet in the middle at 62 and a half.

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  287. 66 is far to old to continue working. By the time I got to 61 I was struggling I have Arthritis now been diagnosed with Angina.. I really believe the stress of working course the Angina due to stress. I have worked full time plus extra hours all my life. I am young at heart but my body is now taking the strain 60 is enough for most women I know. The body is like a car engine some last longer than others some can be repaired the rest nothing more can help and it claps out. At 60 you still got some strength left to enjoy your retirement. Mind if the lucky ones who’s fit enough to continue then let the have the option of keeping on going.

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  288. No notice given just told that was it! No money, cannot claim any benefits because my husband works, so. Living on one wage at the age of 63. Tight squeeze wouldn’t even cover it. Keep fighting.

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    • I was born in 57 and got to wait six & a half years . I think it would be more appropriate to reinstate the pensions for all . As there are people with no money . If I was having my pension. I would gladly. Leave the back money . So the people that have nothing get some money

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  290. If you were born in 1952. You not only had to wait the extra 2years and 4 months. You also missed out on the higher basic rate. So missed out twice

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    • I was born November 1954. I left school at 15 and worked all my life till made redundant at 61. No chance of getting a job at that age. I had to clean houses to pay my mortgage and Bill’s. I cant retire till I’m 66, that’s November 2020. 2 years younger than you but have to work nearly 4 years more. How did they work that one out?

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    • There is a lot of confusion about this with many women thinking they missed out because they retired before the new state pension was introduced when in fact they have not. Those who retired under the old system had their SERPS and SP2 contributions added to the basic state pension. Those who retire under the new system have deductions made for any years spent ‘contracted out’. According to the DWP no-one should get less under the new system than under the old one.

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    • I was born in 1952 and had children prior to 1978 when Home Protection was introduced , women before this date had about the same status as battery chickens when they had children and simply lost NI contributions because they were not “working”. My SPA was increased by 2 years and 7 months, I didn’t get the new higher state pension and my pension outcome was affected just because I’m female and had children. The government insults us all when they claim this legislation has created gender equality.

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  291. I agree but I feel that women born in the early 60’s should be included. I am 1961 baby and as usual feel like I’ll just missing out again, years of my retirement has been stolen along with yours. When I started work at 16 we where expecting to retire at 60, the government has never put raising the state pension age out to the public and it is only after they raise it do they tell us it has risen again. They make us feel like we are a burden on society and asking for something that we have spent years paying in for. Stop moving the goal post.

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    • June, I couldn’t agree more. I was born in March 1960 & will work until I’m 66. Most employers aren’t interested in older women even though we have years of experience & it’s yet another way for the government to rip off a section of society, believing no-one will rock the boat – watch this space !!!!!

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  292. I was born at the end of 1956. I got my first full time job at the age of 15.5 years and continued to be in full time employment and paid full contributions into the system. I am now 62 and should have been enjoying semi retirement on my state pension which was taken away from me. I hope justice can be served to all the women who have lost thousands of pounds due to this injustice.

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  293. Justice must be done.. this was an unlawful trick that was played against innocent hard working women who were born in the 50’s… we were not informed we were not warned..I suspect that the powers that be are hoping we will all be dead soon.

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  294. My concern is not only that we women have to wait an extra 5/6 years for our pensions but also that we are delaying the career progression of younger people and therefore reducing employment opportunities for those leaving full time education. The government must be paying these people some form of benefit. No doubt this has not been taken in to account when the net savings made by delaying female and male pensions were calculated.
    I had my retirement altered twice by the government, from 60 to 63.25 and then to 3 days shy of 65. Someone told me to defer the payment to gain a better pension. My reply was that as far as I was concerned I had already deferred it by 5 years and I was going to have it before they changed it again.
    Can we also think of the men, my husband will be 67 when he gets his pension.

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  295. It’s a disgrace. No letter. No notice. Never heard a word about the pension age going up. I was born in 1954. I was looking forward to eventually drawing my pension 3 weeks before my 60th on the 20th January 2014, when I was told I won’t be getting it until I was 63. Absolutely gutted having worked and paid a full stamp all my life, within the next few weeks my husband informed me that the government had moved it back again to 65 & 4 months. I have been robbed by the government of £40,000. This should never have been allowed to happen. I will be 65 next week. I have struggled for the last 5 years. This greedy, vile government have a lot to answer for.

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  296. So pleased we women caught up in this mess will have our day in court. I had to retire in my 40s from my nursing career. Government stopped incapacity, changed it ESA which I couldn’t claim as my husband worked so I had a double whammy.

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  298. It is discrimination of all of us women. I have paid 40 years full contributions and am still only 63, cannot get a job, and am in financial hardship. I worked hard all my life, only had maternity leave once, and now my savings are paying all the bills. The savings which were for my old age and may be needed for care will all be gone sooner than I get my pension.

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  299. Born in 1957, worked since I was 15 and brought my son up alone since I was 35. I now have my elderly Mother living with me and can only claim Carer’s allowance and have a very small private pension. Being able to claim my state pension would make a massive difference and the fact that the Government passed this without warning is unforgivable. Good luck and I sincerely hope you win.

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  300. I married at 18 and was told I could pay a married woman’s stamp which was pennies rather than pounds, I asked what benefits I had by continuing to pay the full stamp and was told that I could retire at 60 with my own pension, so I carried on paying. Now all those women who paid the small amount get their pension at the same time as me. Where has my extra money gone and how is that fair??? I’m not in good health but have to work another 4 years before I can retire. I’m so so bitter about this and this government in general. As everyone else has said we have paid for it and we want it now.

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  301. Good luck to all those who were denied their pensions with no chance to plan for the changes. Like many, I suffered hardship. I applied for early retirement from a good, but very demanding job when state pension age was 60. My application was approved when it had changed to 62, – which I thought I could manage. Since retiring the age has changed twice with no notice and, although I have found some work, it has been tough. How could the manner in which changes made be right? I do agree with equalising and increasing men and women’s pension ages over time and with notice – but there must be a better way.

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  302. So glad missed my state pension by 26 days . Was made to pay half stamp by my husband and not given a change to make it upon. Now been disabled by a accident at work and never been teaminated by Cambridge council but they stopped paying anything into my pension or payment to them . I did win my case and the money is in a thrust fund . Been made to buy my home out of money for a carer for me . I been let Down by Sussex council . Now fallen and dislocated my patellar bone in my left leg
    Now I looking to pay for a carer and a dog walker .. I don’t get much money to live on . So I hope you win

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  304. I was born in 1955 and could have retired 3 yrs ago!! Now working till I’m 66!!!
    Just not fair….what’s happened to my pension????

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  305. Thank you for all the work you have put in to get this far, I’m sure all the women in the 50s will appreciate it.
    Let’s hope it all works out in our favour.

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  306. Please be aware ladies that due to the new ruling on pensions if you give up work before your pension is due, you will be short of years. I stopped working at 62, I am due to receive my pension when 66 (born November 1954), I had 37 year contributions paid so thought I qualified for full pension as per my forecast. However due to new ruling I have just discovered I will be 4 years short and will loose around £90 per month unless I back pay approx £700 per year for the so called missing years. I feel I have been doubly cheated after working all my life with only a very short break when I had my children. There was no family credits or free nursery places then!!!! Be warned they are not informing us of the changes in pension contribution rulings!!!!!!

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  307. Hope it’s in our favour I’ve worked since I was 16 full time for many of those years I did 2 jobs i would love to retire at 60 cos quite frankly I would love to enjoy life while I can. Why retire at 67 and then wait to die ? The system is fucked up and who will want to employ people our age I work in the care sector it’s a young person’s game. I’m knackered now let alone 7 more years ffs. 🤮😤😫

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  309. Thank you very much. It feels so good that great people are in our corner fighting against injustice. I only thing I did wrong was being born in the fifties (1956) and I couldn’t help that. It feels like all my life I’ve been fighting injustice. I don’t feel alone now. Thank you again.

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  311. I was given 10days notice that my pension was deferred for 4yrs 7months. I was one of the few women who actually received notification, albeit too late and not what the government promised. This must have caused considerable hardship to so many women.

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  312. Born in 59 expected to retire at 60 have paid in a long time but no.. it’s now 67 what a joke! Let us have our retirement give our children chance of jobs!!!

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  313. I should have had my pension at 60 I had to work another 6 months and wait for my pension and bus pass hope we are included in this. I worked from 15 and 6 months until I was 62.

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  314. I am now 64 and worked full time paying in over 40 years of NI contributions. Women were not allowed to join private pension schemes in companies so resulting in me only receiving just over £400 per month to live on from my private pension – no entitlement to benefits its a disgrace

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  315. Please keep me posted. I am a WASPI member. I tell people of the issues, share emails and retweet. I’m 61 a typical 1950’s woman who brought up kids worked part time, split from partner continued to bring up kids, worked full time, had to cash in pension, could not afford it, my partner who I do not have problems with has a lovely pension pot!!
    I was not given any clear warning of the pension age changing I downsized thinking I would now be retired. I was a lecturer, tutor and employed in the public sector. I have worked in the private sector for 10 years now. I do not get sick pay, my pay is appalling, I session lead drama for 1 and a half days to young people with learning disabilities in an independent specialist college which keeps me semi sane. I support for 1 and half days which is becoming way too difficult for me physically. I have COPD, arthritis, bone thinning, I have contributed much to society myself for 40 years and my daughter’s and their partners and friends continue to do so. I feel soul destroyed at times as I would not have downsized had I known I’d still be working. Not all of us are really healthy at 60 or even younger. I would like some decent quality time in my remaining few years….no doubt I’ll still be helping the state by helping with child care for my grandkids!! How come the pension minister who put up the age ….was allowed to retire at 60 on a million pound pension. It is a disgusting, shameful situation

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  316. I have worked since l was 15 years old and unfortunately lost my job in october 2016 l have neen unable to claim any benefits and had to live off my savings l thought l would be getting my pension in september this year but the goverment had other ideas, where is the justice in this ??

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  317. There should not be a case for it. We have earned our pensions. What excuse for DWP have after finding out that the Minister for DWP is retiring with a massive payout and lump sum at the age of 61. Who do they think they are???

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  318. I have another 5 years before I get my pension. So am struggling & am having to work 2 days a week as I got made redundant from my full time job , as a deputy nursery manager . And it’s really hard to find another one at the age of 60 . And my husband is retired & only has a pension

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  320. Fantastic news. Everything crossed. This is a total injustice to women who have worked since 16 and planned to retire at 60. We are losing thousands of pounds and also paying an additional 6 years of N. I. contributions which accumulates to a hefty sum.

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  321. Worked from age seventeen 43 years NIS told in, 2012 I could not retire until 2020 should of been 2014 two years notice is discraceful my Mum has Altzheimers and I have to have carers to help as I am still working we have been truly shafted by the government loosing near fourty thousand pound that was rightly ours

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  322. Keeping my fingers crossed that some common sense prevails..and so grateful for the judicial review. At least all the facts will be on the table and not brushed aside like DWP and government have tried to do

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  323. oh thank you but my life depends on this. Have worked another 4 years and its been despicable, former nurse, but was long term agency as it worked better then for family flexibility, as single mum to 4 lovely boys. Since leaving nursing with replaced ankle joint, retail short term, low paid work only avail. No help, have arthritis, knackered knees and prolapsing bladder! Cannot go on sickness as huge query over affect of low work in last 2 years which decides eligibility, even though full time for 48 years before that, so tragic. Have relied on boot sales, behind on all bills, almost destitute, just taken on 3rd job!!!!!!

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  325. Thank you campaigners, this news brings fresh hope for those of us who are affected by the abrupt changes to state pension. I feel that the key issue here is not necessarily that women weren’t told by letter about the steep raising of state pension age. Even if they followed the news closely, and knew, it was often way too late to make any proper alternative plans. Many 1950’s women have worked most of their adult lives, alongside raising families and caring for relatives, but without the kind of support structures that are now in place for younger women. If they had to work part-time, even in a professional career, they would lose out on work-based pensions and other benefits – if those were available at all. My personal situation is that I have had multiple jobs and projects in the creative industries, including as a (zero hours contract) associate lecturer for many years. Much of the rest was self-employed, but I also filled in with office and agency work, so I’m fully paid up with NI contributions (having worked in over fifty different employment situations to support my creative work and family). However, having at last been able, as a part-time teacher, to join the university pension scheme, I thought it would be possible to build up some extra pension up to the age of 66. But no..I was finally made redundant just a couple of years after that started (twenty years after the employment began). Meanwhile, several years ago, my husband found himself a younger partner and left..(and his full, unbroken teacher’s pension will provide for only them both when he retires, and not for me, his then wife of 30 years and mother of his children). Also, there is no reason why I should have had to rely upon his pension at all!! I like working and continue to be involved with various projects, but it has been impossible so far to secure even a reasonable income via any kind of employment recently. Though fairly frugal, I’ve now used up all personal resources and fear losing my home. I can’t afford to visit my children and new grandchildren who moved overseas in part due to Brexit. Health has been good, but fear a decline, as often I awaken in the early hours, worried! The current pension situation for my generation seems deeply unfair from many points of view, and surely needs to be reversed – hopefully back to 60, but even 63 would be better than no change.

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  326. I was born in 1957. Have worked since I was 17. I work part time now since 60 but can’t retire fully until I receive my OAP when I am 66. I will then have been working for over 50 years even when my children were small. I feel very sad that insufficient notice was given for women like myself to make provision for working until 66..all my life I thought I would be retiring at the age of 60. I like many others have been done out 9f around 40k and it is just not fair

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  327. I have worked non stop since I was 16. I am now 61, by the time I retire I will have paid 51 years of contributions. Thanks for your hard work. I would like to retire by 65 not 67

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  328. I have worked since I was 15 years old I am now 63 years old I paid enough stamps by the time I was 60 so I really hope we can win don’t know how much longer I can work with osteopetrosis. It would be a god send if I could draw my state pension sooner than 2021.
    Think it’s disgusting that illegal immigrants are getting more benefits than what I would be getting pension. Plus I can’t even get it for another 3 years.

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  329. Not only have we missed out on our pension starting at 60..we continue to pay National Insurance contributions and many have needed to pay a lump sum to top up the increased number of contributory years that are now required to get a full pension.I am 62 and my husband died at 61 and he paid in all his life …aided by our joint efforts in employment to cover our expenses…but this contribution is now lost and I will not benefit…as they now say your pension is in your own right……nothing like changing the rules to avoid making earned and just payments

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  330. Well done I turned 60 this year my husband is 11 years older than me so whilst he is retired I still have to work meaning we have very little quality time together. People come in to our country they get benefits housing everything they need whilst we have homeless people of our own its about time this country looked after its own citizens first ,lets hope they win thank you very much for caring.

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  332. Robbed of what we are entitled to, I am four years into no pension and still two years to go to 66, wishing my life away, with my luck they will change it back just as I’m 66 and not backdate it 😭😭😭

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  333. I’m 65, and still working received my pension last May worked 4 years and 5months extra, lost over £30k,, my choice now to carry on working, though reducing my he’s but I’m enjoying the extra to treat my Grandkids but it’s been hard so I hope u win the next stage and Thank u to all who has been fighting this on our behalf

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  334. Born 1958 worked from age 13 had 3 years off when I had my son I’ve always worked at least 2 jobs and even now am still working full time and part time at night .. Feel I have paid my dues ie taxes national insurance and the thought that I need to work another 7 years is so unfair .. At this rate I won’t be fit enough to enjoy my retirement at least if I got my pension now I could cut back on some hrs .. So thanks for taking this on and I will be holding my breath and crossing everything for the outcome..

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  335. I was to retire at 60yrs then moved to 63yrs 8 months then moved Again to 65yrs 3months I was born in Jan 54 so penalised twice for the year I was born ! I raised my children and worked this is unfair to women !

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  336. I turned 65 in November 2018 – Twice the pension age was put up before I could achieve the original retirement age of 60. By the time I reached 65 I had paid in 44 years of contributions, 11 years more than the maximum needed of 33 years. No extra for those 11 years and I am still working!

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  338. i agree was born June 1954 wish i will be 65 this year i have to wait next year 2020 march for my state pension iv worked since i was fifteen. Government treated us like criminal not burden no way .

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  339. This does not help women in poverty right now! Dragging it out until May 2019, with no interim measures is not what was hoped for and not good news

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  340. I am made up, just to get a hearing , too many women born in the 1950s, have been cheated and lied to , with no thought of how hard we worked and the tough times we went through, because Mothers had to prove they were not well enough to have more children, to get contraceptives because of the second world war and the lose of life , so hence the baby boom, most of the people born in this country, after the war worked hard to build it up , so all could have a good life, women of my age became baby sitters for their siblings, it was nothing to see a six year old girl with a pram and looking after children it was the norm, we had a pride in ourselves and our community, all we want is what we worked and paid for for our later years , and we have earned it.

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  341. I hope justice goes our way I have struggled since my late husband passed away JUST before his pension age of 65 and I am now 64 and cant get a job because of my age

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  342. I’m 64 and have to wait until 2020 until I receive my pension which is so unfair when not given enough time to save. My husband is 10 years older than me and has cancer which is being treated but isn’t curable, it would have made such a difference to me to have received my pension at 60. Thank you for fighting our corner.

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  343. Come on girls anyone who has been effected by this injustice please make sure we are all there on May 24th and 25th and hopefully we will get our just deserts

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  344. It should be based on the number of years contributed. I have worked and paid in to the system for 45 years, so why should I be robbed of six years retirement. Six more years of working and still paying into the system. Nothing less than DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.

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  345. I was born in December 1954 , l started paying N.I. when l was 15years 3 months when l worked in the Littlewoods store in Oxford Street as a Saturday job. Then at 16 years old l started full time work at Lloyds of London . Other than 3 years after my son was born l worked full time until 2017, l now work 3days a week . I still pay rent which l will always have to because l live in a housing association property as a tenant . Like many people my age group l now would like to take things easier also enjoying some travel along with a social life . I don’t think that’s too much to ask when l have paid fair and square into a system l always believed would pay my state pension as of my 60th birthday.
    I am very angry also feeling sad that the government decided not to fulfill the agreement , that state pension , which l see as money that is owed to me and would make such a difference to my life .
    We are of an age group that believed we were paying in to a system that gave us a pension at the Grand age of 60 years , private pension were not spoken off .
    I feel strongly that no government had the right to take this away from us and want to thank you for taking this to a court on our behalf.

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  346. My best pal is just 8 months older than me, she had her pension 2 years ago, and I’m really pleased for her, I was born in 1954 and have to wait until May this year (although that doesn’t appear to be cast in stone) for my state pension , I will be 65 next week, how is that huge difference justified? About 3 times extra on the additional wait and consequently about another £20k lighter than she is. My career – as with many my age was sacrificed to be the main carer for our children, I continued to work but didn’t get the same opportunities as male counterparts, same applies to being able to put into private pensions, nothing left over when you paid childcare etc etc etc…the reward for this was supposed to be retire at 60, I too have worked since 13 (Saturday jobs & school holidays, paper rounds and the like) and paid my dues. Why should we have to suffer because successive governments failed to invest our money properly instead giving it away to those that have never contributed. I still work, but I should now be reaping the benefit of being healthy enough to do so and being able to put a little extra aside…instead of which I have had around £40,000 stolen from me, my husband is also still working as our plans to relax together have been kyboshed, he’s 68 this year and has had some health problems, but doesn’t feel he can retire whilst I still have to work. I wish us all luck in May in getting something back, even if they just gave us back the tax and national insurance back that we’ve paid for the extra years would be a start for those who have been able to work, and all of the lost pension plus interest for those that haven’t been able to carry on working through no fault of their own.

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  347. I was born April 1955 and have worked since I was 16, with my retirement age being 60 in 2015, I have been looking forward to retiring in 2015 only to be told got to work another 6 years my husband was born 1952 and could have retired 2017 but did an extra year. We both have elderly parents that need help, my 92 year old mother keeps asking me when I am going to retire, so that we can spend time together. The government have robbed myself and I am sure many other ladies of spending precious time with our elderly parents and partners and putting pressure on care in the community, as we could be looking after our parents, if I had not been forced to work these extra 6 years. The way things are going I will be very lucky if my Mother is still here when I retire in 2.5 years Thank you for the hard work and persistence, bringing this to court

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  348. I have worked from the age of 16 and am now 61. My husband died 3 years ago at age 60 and I don’t get a widows pension. When I eventually draw my state pension at age 66 I don’t even get the advance extra state pension because my husband was not retired when he died at age 60 and so I am not entitled to any of his pension as other women are if their husbands live to retirement age. He worked from age 15 until a year before his death. I this government has had all his national insurance contributions as well as my state pension money. So no widows pension. No state pension til 66. Not entitled to any of the money my late husband paid to the system. It’s a disgrace how we are treated. I hope we win and they pay us all what we are owed and deserve.

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  350. I went to my MP about this when I found out via a small article in a national newspaper. I was not quite 60 at that point and couldn’t believe that it would be 2020 before I would see a penny of the pension I worked for since age 18. Her response was that I should have saved more! She had no understanding of women working in the 1960s & 1970s .I enquired about MPs protected pensions and got a hostile reply, I contacted so many people in government at that time and all were dismissive. Thank you Mr Mansfield and your team and Backto60, I am so grateful to you for leading this fight for us in such an intelligent and professional way, It was a devasting shock for every woman born in the 1950s,

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  351. I was affected by the imposed changes with no notification I’ve worked hard since the age of 15 and paid into the system for 50yrs I was born 1954 and needed to work until I’m 65 and 6months of which I’m still working. I cannot believe people can come into this country and obtain benefits when they have not paid a penny into the system where’s the justice in this. The 50s women have been discriminated against unfairly and I welcome the hearing and outcome of this court case. I pray justice is served for us all.

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    • I also feel cheated twice !!.I was born in 1953 April 2,have 48 years of work under my belt ,never claimed a penny from benefits or state handouts .I paid a full national insurance stamp ,not a married womans stamp ! I have missed out on the new government pension by 4 days ! and am now in receipt of the old pension delayed by 3 years (i was nearly 63 when i got it) ,and because i paid into my company final salary pension scheme ,£40 -00 per week was deducted from my government OAP ..Well and truly screwed by the government

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    • Yes – I quite agree why should we have to wait for contributions we have made in state when we are 66/67. We have not contributed for those who have never had to work can enjoy our contribution. Yes this not fair. We get our Pension when we are due to have then not when we are about to die. Action needs to be taken so that we can enjoy our contribution when we are living and are entitled to. Thanks . Jay. 10/01/19

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  352. I am 63 and have always worked and have paid well over the years of contributions required. Had cancer 6 years ago and still suffer from long term effects but struggle on working full time. Another 2 years and 4 months to carry on working it feels like punishment. I feel for young people who are going to have to work much longer. Let women and men retire at 60 and let the young ones have the jobs. The system is so unfair.

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  354. I was born on 10/08/1954 and I have to wait until July 2020 before I qualify for my pension. I started work at age 15 and have contributed throughout my working life of 51 years! I expected my pension at 60. I know of 2 friends born in January 1954 and they will qualify for their pension in May 2019, why do I have to wait an additional 14 months before I get my pension, I feel outraged and discriminated against.

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    • I am in exactly the same situation, out with old school friends recently, a few of them all in the same school year as me but born Sept/ Oct 1953 getting their pensions now, I have to wait until July 2020, born 1954. How does that work, talk about rubbing salt into the wounds.

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    • It is so wrong to make women wait, I worked from leaving school in 1974. Later looked after my mother until she was 91. Now that I have health problems, this makes it harder to find the right job for me. So have been living off my savings, but now things are costing more,its difficult. If we don’t get the pension, then for me a bus pass would help greatly !!

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  356. I’m one of these women who were cheated out of their pension promised to me at 60 this was totally unfair as we could never have made up the short fall in this dhortbdpacfbogvtimd

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  358. I was born in Sept 1954. Was expecting to get my pension last September.
    Mr Cameron slatted those born after April 54. We had 2 years added to our pensionable age. Friends a year older got theirs in 2017. I have to wait until 2020.
    That really is unjust!

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  359. I am a 1956 baby no notice given and get no benefits because husband works living on 1 wage for at least another 3 years definitely wrong

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    • I was born in 56 and have to wait till I am 66 for my pension my job can be physical as a mental health nurse don’t know how much longer I can go on working

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  360. I am one of the back to 60s, and waspies. Have worked since 16 years old, now over 60, and at our ages health starts to suffer, had a stroke August 2017, but can’t afford to cut hours as have worked full time for my pension, and if I cut hours my pension will be based on part time. Unfair, unjust, and forcing people to work beyond their health allows. Sincerely hope you succeed, or many of us will be forced to work till we drop.

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  361. Think they should also be asking where all the moneys gone that should have been paid out for us ladies born in the 50,s. Work since the age of 15, paid my cons, still working now, want us all to drop dead, that way they haven’t got to pay us, get the tax evaders to put all the money back they’ve scuttled away from the dwp

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  362. I was born in 1959 and spent most of my working life as a staff nurse sometimes working 19 hours per shift due to on calls at the end of my 13hr shift. I’m tired, and have several arthritic issues and chronic back pain for the last 10 years. I look after my 4 grandchildren for 12 hours on my day off. I am more than ready to relax and rest my aching bones. Fingers crossed we will win. Many thanks for the campaigners hard work.

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  364. I hope for all that this goes in favour of all the women this affects like many i have worked from leaving school, at fifteen not.even time out for having a baby yet we send money out to other counties willy nilly. i say look after the people who have paid into the system in this country.
    The less you pay in the more you seem to get out of the system so wrong

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  365. I have been through cancer treatment and was hoping to give work up and live on my state pension, but the government scuppered that. Still paying in.

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  366. By the time I retire at 66 (born in 1954) I will have paid into the system for 50 years, this is surely not fair. Eagerly awaiting the outcome of the judicial review.

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  368. I hope this goes through as I am born 1959 and have to wait until I am 66 I started working when I was 13 and thought I would get my pension aged 60 it is so wrong having to wait especially as I am in poor health. Thank you so much for trying to help us all. 🤞🤞

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  369. In Feb 2009 I was having a conversation at work about retiring in 6 years time. 30 seconds later, to my horror, that had grown to 12 years. Shortly after, it went up by another year. It was only a few years before I got married that women HAD to leave work when they married. My generation are the first to go back to work full time but have marriages where our husbands expected to have their tea on the table after a hard day’s work The housework and raising kids was women’s work. I have held down a full time job and run a household full time from age 20 up until now – I’m 62. I’ve been through chemotherapy, DVTs and have osteoarthritis. I can’t even get a ruddy bus pass. I confess I am knackered. 1324 days to retirement. Not that I’m counting or anything.
    Thank you so much to all those who are fighting on my behalf.

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  370. Well done to everyone involved for their hard work getting this to court. I was born in 1962 and really think women born in the early 60s should be included! I have worked for 41 years, looked after my mum, dad and two children and I was really looking forward to my retirement. Time for me….Fingers crossed that the age is changed back to 60 as I feel women have now become slaves of this country !!

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    • Does this action only cover those born in 59s then? I was born in 1961 and have many muscoskrletal problems currently preventing me working as a support worker for adults with learning disabilities and sometimes physical disabilities. Am struggling to be seen in hospital as appointments keep getting cancelled. I work for the DHSC also which is the irony and they will soon be dismissing me so I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do then sonkong from retirement. We are able to work til 75 in my job though I’m really not sure how anyone could be fit and safe to work in the job by then. The cynic in me thinks that perhaps death in service saves in paying out state benefit

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  371. Put into place intentionally without consideration of the hardship caused to many women. Women who having worked and contributed to society were placed in a position where they would be unable to prepare financially for retirement. Unacceptable and unjust.

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  372. My husband – born in 1953 – retired at 60 as we were lucky enough for him to have had a works pension. He received his state pension last May when he was 65. I was born Dec 1954 and will now not get my state pension / bus pass / fuel allowance until I am 66 rather than the 64 1/2 that i was supposed to get it at. Prior to him being 65 we were asked by our financial adviser to get our state pension statements . This was when we found out that his NI record showed contributions from when he was 62 up to him being 65. As he had not worked since he was 60 we queried this with HMRC. We were staggered by the response.! Apparently men get NI credits’ to compensate them for not getting a pension as ear!y as a woman of the same age’. If nothing else these credits should be given to those women who have suddenly found themselves having to wait longer for their state pension – myself included !

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  373. Thank you very much for this ,I am 64 riddled with pain and just home from a 12 hr shift in a busy ward ,I am is so much pain I can’t sleep .Please help me get my pension I have worked long enough ,I am on A cocktail of drugs to keep me going .and I fear for my health I have to work until Mat 2020 six years more than expected ,This is so unfair

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  374. So thankful to the people fighting for us. My sister is 8 years older than me. She retired at 60 but I’m still working at nearly 64 with 2 years to go. She will have received thousands of pounds more than me, why? It’s just so unfair

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  375. My story mirrors all the comments here. But we are speaking to a government that does not care about us now we are no longer useful to them. They see us all as a drain on society and an easy target for their cost cutting reforms along with the disabled and the unemployed. The pension age changes have created a negative shift in attitudes towards the elderly as a whole. Our lifetime contributions of tax, national insurance, childbearing and rearing, as mothers and now grandmothers, stands for nothing. We have been made into an underclass, under funded, under appreciated and under no illusions that they will use every means possible to deny us access to the money they have stolen from us.

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    • Articulately said Elaine.. I couldn’t agree more . We are valued members of society but are not treated as such!! I hope we get justice.

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  377. I was born in March 1955 and I have worked since I was 15 I expected my pension at 60 as per agreed when I started to pay in my contributions… At the age of 59 I was informed that I had to work untill I was 66 no valid reason other than the Goverment said so ..This is discrimination in its clearest form. It has caused myself and many other woman real hardship ,stress and unnecessary suffering ..We need Justice and our rights to our pensions restored along with our faith in our country….

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  378. I too am now 64, born August 1954. I am in poor health. Just been off work with puemonia, still not right, but have to go back to work as ssp not enough to live on. I also have osteoporosis, COPD, & fibrosis, yet can’t retire until 2020, if I last that long.
    . I can’t see them paying out to all of us, but I pray I’m wrong. Please keep fighting.

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  379. I am almost 62 and have worked since I was 15. I am currently off work with a fractured arm and worrying about how long it is going to take to mend, as I am struggling to make ends meet on statutory sick pay. In reality I should be claiming my state pension by now and not having to exist like this. It’s an absolute disgrace and amounts to theft!

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  380. Its really difficult to live reasonably knowing your government has effectively taken your hard earned deferred income and changed the rules without letting you know in time to provide for yourself, those of us without a marriage partner are trying to survive the intervening years 60-67 but know the monies we should have received is increasing …42 years Nat Ins contributions…would i have taken my small occupational pension early at age 50 if i had known…no, would i have looked after my elderly mum from my age 50 instead of working full time, possibly not. Now the poverty can only increase, nothing can be updated …the downward spiral is very frightening. I will be ‘owed’ £63,500.00 state pension by the time i am 67, and may never see that deferred income state pension …they should have equalised men and women at age 63. People cant stay healthy doing any physical job for more than 40 years.

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  381. I put 35 full years of hard work and instead of getting my pension at 60 i had to work another 4 years before i could retire and you get immigrants coming in to this country and getting ever available benift going and they havent put a single days work into this country and what also is awful they are classing our pension has a benifit well No its not i worked all my life for my pension and to be cheated out of 4 1/2 years

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  382. Born 1956 have to wait an extra 6 years before lm eligible for state pension. If this crisis isn’t deemed unfair in May 2019 there is no faith in government laws or protection for vulnerable people like us. When hardworking women who follow the law by paying our taxes and national contributions all our working life are being punished for supporting their country. The 50’s women of this country have been treated unfairly during our employment in many ways ie we were not given equal pay or opportunities to pay into private pensions in many cases. Then to be denied state pension and suddenly deemed able to work beyond 66 years old is criminal and proven inhuman we should be rewarded not punished.

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  383. I entered a contract with the government at the start of my working life in 1970. I would pay my contributions and would receive ny pension in 2015. They broke that contract without consultation and now myself and thousands of other women have to wait for 6 more years! Would a private pension company have been able to do this? The Government are in same category as the likes of Sir Philip Green.

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  385. Born in 1957, struggling to walk with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis and now diagnosed with AF but still holding down a full time Job! Would love to retire. Thank you, thank you, thank you for working and helping us ladies to hopefully change the system.

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  386. A significant result for a case of gross wrongdoing by a government who are too far removed from its people. Hope for many women who feel demoralised by the way they have been treated.
    Thanks to all those who recognise this injustice & are working so hard to right it.
    Gaynor Crook

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  387. So grateful to you all for fighting for us. Lucky dwp for being given time to prepare because we weren’t. Every day at work is such a chore living with pain when we should be relaxing and enjoying life. Living with hope that we win x thank you again backto60 god bless you.x

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  388. I really hope every gets this.
    I do believe it was unfair to stop it
    I believe that most of the women will be white British
    If it had been not so the government would have bowed down to loud mouthed pressure European groups

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  389. I am one of the 1950s women and yes it has caused a lot of hardship for myself personally and for my husband who is 12yrs older and receiving a basic state pension. Which we are trying to live on as I have no real regular employment at the age of 63yrs .Thank you to everyone and roll on the 24th May victory is the only solution.

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  390. Excellent hope this means justice will finally happen. I have worked since 15years of age . Only to be told I now have to work until my 66th birthday. My family and I have been fortunate to work and have not claimed one benefit in our lives. I will be unable to help our daughter look after our grandchildren like my mother did before her premature death at 69 years of age . The government have saved approx £40,000 at my expense.
    Please help us.

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  393. Thank you for all your hard work let’s pray for a victory for all us knackered 50 s overworked women.whos pensions have been robbed and given to people who come in to this country to abuse the benefits system.

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  394. I was born 08/54 and have to wait til I am 65 yrs and 11 months to draw my state pension. Despite raising 3 children and now having 2 grandchildren (and another on the way) I have worked all my life, paid my NI’s and have suffered life changing chronic health issues since turning 60. This draconian robbery of 50’s born women is a blot on the conscience of a so called civilized society and will surely go down in the annals of history as such! Thank you for all your important work on our behalf.

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  395. I was born April 1954. I feel us ladies have been discriminated against. I understand that what comes out cannot exceed what comes in but there must be a fairer way of handling our pensions issue. Not only do us 60+ ladies have to work we also have to provide childcare for our grandchildren and elderly care for our aging parents. This causes stress all round when it is a time we should be winding down. I hope there is help within our legal system to correct this. Good Luck to all who are standing up for us

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  396. I have worked from been 15, born in jan 1956, l have lost about £42,000.in pension. The best of it l cannot work because l have a disability, and have been told by the pensions to make up my last there years to 66 to get a full pension, we’re is the fairness in this. It seems to me everybody concerned with the state pension are moving goal posts all the time making it harder and harder to succeed.

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  397. We had it all planned my husband and myself, he was 65 in December last year I was 60 in March last year. We should both be done now, but no he gets his pension in March this year and I have another 6 years to wait for mine. I too work long hours and suffer with my knees, which I have got to have a replacement at some point in the very near future. How are we supposed to manage if I finish work early because of my knees on just his pension. Or has he got to keep working until he’s in his 70s. Either way we have both lost out on our retirement time together. I just find it all so unfair.

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  398. It also needs to be remembered that our husbands/partners are also affected by this situation. My husband is almost 12 years older than me and when we married in 1985 I believed my Contract, in respect of my pension, was that I would retire at age 60. I have paid full NI contributions, always worked, had no children so have cost the state nothing! If I was in receipt of my state pension in March as planned, I would be in a position to enjoy some quality time with my husband. By the time I get my pension at 66 he will be 78 ….. where is the justice in that and what will our health be life …. or will we even be alive still!!?? He is as angry as I am in that we have both been ROBBED of not only money, but time too! So good luck with the fight – we deserve to get what we have paid in for and let the powers that be know we are VERY angry.

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  401. This is absolutely fantastic news. I pray along with millions of us 50’s women that we get our deserved justice. May 24th can’t come quick enough. Thank you, thank you for the hard work that Michael Mansfield & everyone has done. I’m a 50’s women, worked from 15 years of age, brought up 2 kids, never took maternity leave from cleaning jobs to whatever work I could get. Still paying my national insurance contribution of £112 a month. My age now 63 and don’t know how long I can go on, have now got arthritis in hands/knees. But again thank you to everybody

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  402. I had to give up work at the age of 61 and my life to move in and nurse my father and then care for my mother .Since dad dued and mum now in full time care i have no income what so ever . If I was just 3 years older I would now of been receiving my pension- instead I am struggling and living on what money I had saved to supplement any pension

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  403. Its not mainly about women who did not have ‘time to make up NI contributions’ as article says. This needs to be changed – read the multitude of comments from 50 s women on back to 60 and waspi sites. Many of us had already paid for 40 years plus.
    Also regarding government maintaining a reason for this being brought forward was that we are living longer 0NS figures now show this is no longer the case – womens lifespan has been shortened on average we’ve lost at least six years and on average those who work until 65 full time die by time they are 67. Out of date info is being pedalled – this was a money grab by government particularly directed at women

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  407. I believe we have been soft targets for government to recoup money frittered away .
    I have worked , payed my stamps been taxed since I’ve been 15 years old .
    My first notifications ,by letter informing me of changes to my pension was in 2012.
    My generation of woman were not allowed time to plan financially for the fact their pensions of 6 years were about to be stolen from them .
    It would fit all the Gov parties ,if they looked after their honest citizens who have contributed taxes all their lives , to the blatant
    Misuse of monies spent given to people who have never done a days work , and immigrants who arrive here and 20 years later are still on benifits payed by my hard earned taxes.. This is fact and not my opinion.
    I’m very angry at the total disregard for women of my generation .
    I will now not get my pension until My birthday age 66.

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  408. This is an amazing break through, thank you so much. Let’s hope it will help us 50s women who don’t deserve to be treated in this way. On a personal note, I had to stop working age 57 due to a stroke. I am now well enough to go back to work however I have lost my midwifery registration and cannot go back! At the age of 63 I am not employable! My husband has to support me.

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  409. I had heard something about pension changes years ago, but my then husband told me it did not apply to me since the changes were to be implemented in 2020, my year of birth being 1956. Since that time I have never received any letters or notification. I enquired about my pension 2 years before turning 60, with a view to finding out how much I would need to pay a top up, since I worked in the family business as well as bringing up 3 children and looking after my elderly parents in law who lived with us.
    The DWP then replied with a letter informing me that I would not receive my pension until I reached the age of 66. My ex husband has been receiving his full pension for 3 years now .
    The way we women have been treated is utterly disgraceful, a shame on this country.

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  410. Great news – except – the DWP have been given PLENTY of time to build a defense. Seems that they have pushed for the allotted time and more, which was initially shortened to 42 days. Make no mistake, they will be very busy during this time. These people are not only uncaring, they will be vicious. Our government bodies are more than willing to employ ‘Financial Consultants’ on short term contracts at many hundreds of pounds per day, to help them to cut costs. This usually means cutting services and leaving needy and vulnerable people in limbo. (quote by one MP some years back – ‘this is small beers compared to the money we save’ )
    They will NOT be willing to lose this case, at any cost.
    The work done already and the support given is amazing, but here’s hoping that we will be more than ready to meet them in court in May.
    Good luck and blessings to all x x x

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  411. I am immensely grateful that our case will come to court. For one thing it is much more difficult for some women to continue in their jobs until they are 66 because of the nature of their job. I am still teaching very young children at the age of 64 and whilst I am quite able to do this, my health has been rapidly deteriorating over the last 4 years. I am now worried I won’t even make it to retirement!

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  412. Born June 1954. Worked since 16. Full time Mum supporting WHOLE family. Never expected my retirement date would be nearly 66. I have no significant OP. No husband and survived my husband’s bankruptcy. Life has not been financially equal or the opportunity. Wake up DWP.
    You are wrong and don’t punish us for the wrongs of others.

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  413. I was born in July 1953 and feel very angry that having worked full time and contributed fully to this country, how many times the goal post were moved and my pension has been reduced. I like a lot of the women of my generation feel robbed we were an easy target but hopefully now we have a voice and will see some justice?

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  414. Agree most of these women have contributed most of their lives one way or another. They all thought and planned retirement for a certain time. Now we see all sorts of people coming to our country and able to get many things without paying a penny into the system. These women should get what they paid for.

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  415. If this were a private pension scheme that did this they would be dragged through the courts and fined – it is so unfair I’m still working and caring for my 90-year-old mother and my disabled husband and by the time I get my pension I will be 66 . Six long years with no warning whatsoever never received any letter or notification from the DWP. I have been passed by for promotion as my employers thought I would re-retiring at 60 if your employers don’t know How did the government think that we were supposed to find that I will have paid national insurance contributions to 51 years it is so so unfair

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  417. Many thanks to all the hard working women above & for their excellent comments. Also to the ones fighting this unjust ruling on our behalf under the back to 60 banner. I am 62 this year & decided when I married to pay full contributions instead of the reduced “married women’s stamp” as I thought we should all contribute fairly to the system. Well it seems that being fair is only 1 sided & instead of a pension at 60 it became 65 & then 66. Sorry but an appropriate time period & proper advice should have been available to all affected women so they could then make informed decisions & properly plan for their retirement.

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  418. I cared for my mother and mother-in-law full time for 10 years thereby saving the Government tens of £1,000’s because they didn’t draw on state funding for their care. I paid full Nat Ins as a self-employed person for those 10 years. I relinquished my occupational pension to do this (which is less than £100 per month). I can’t describe the hardship of the last 3 years without my state pension and I’ve still another 3 years to wait.

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  419. So pleased that someone is speaking up for all us ladies who were born in the 50, I have worked since I was 15 and born in May 1954 when the first changes came in I would have received my pension at 63 but then the goal posts were moved again to 66 so I will be 65 and 8 months Jan 2020, I have a cousin who is exactly a year older than me May 1953 she received her pension in November 2017 this makes no sense that I have to wait 2 year 3 months longer.

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  420. This is really good news. I feel cheated by the government. It is causing stress and hardship. I am 62 the govemnent should be ashamed.

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  421. I was born June 1953, I worked from the age of 15 and paid into the system all my life. My husband died in 2002 at the age of 52. I received a widows pension allowance which stopped after 12 months without notification. When I asked why..I was told the law had just been changed. My late husband had also worked all his life, and I did not receive a penny of his state pension. I was looking forward to retiring at 60 and getting my pension. I received a letter shortly before my pension was due to say it had been referred to the age of 64. I still had a mortgage and bills to pay, and to make matters worse became seriously ill at the age of 57 and had to retire early, and because I had savings received nothing from the government.
    I now feel the government have robbed me 3 times, I use the word “robbed” as I and my late husband had paid the money into the government system. Where has that money gone?

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  422. Good luck 24 / 25 May 2019
    Keep up the good work.
    Wishing us every success. ….we are only asking for what is rightly ours.

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  423. Thank you sooo much for pursuing this. I am 60 this month with no sight of a pension until 2025!!! My husband is partially disabled and suffers from poor health so it is necessary for me to be with him the majority of the time which makes it virtually impossible for me to get a full time job. To have received my pension when I had originally expected to would have made our lives so much easier but I find myself having to continue juggling time and money, not to mention energy, at a time in our lives when we should be, and are entitled, to enjoy our leisure. Time with my husband is precious and this has not only robbed me of the financial benefit of a pension for which I have made all my contributions, but has more importantly robbed me of quality time with with him. Fingers crossed for May!!!

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  424. So many affected but in the eyes of many so few, reading the comments of others reminds me of how those women born in the fifties have had to endure so much and yet we are then seen as of no consequence, fighting for fairness and recognition throughout our working lives since our teens has been our lot, changing attitudes of employers, governments, colleagues it has always been a fight, let us hope that somewhere in our hard working lives we are finally recognised for what we have done and this injustice is put right! Born Dec 1953 have just got confirmation of my pension for March/April age 65 and 3 months it is so wrong, it was originally going to be 63 and three months then it changed again
    Thank you for all that is taking place on our behalf

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  425. I was born in 1956 and only found out when I was 58 that I wasn’t receiving my pension at 60 via a friend, also a 1950’s woman. I was never notified by the governemnt at any time that my pension had been put back five years nor were any of my friends. I have worked full time all my life and have fully paid up my pension contributions. I was made redundant at the age of 54 when the company I worked for went uder in the crash. I went self-employed but have to supplement my smaller income with my personal pension which is now running out. At the age of 62, I have had to get a part-time job as well so I can manage but I should have my pension by now! What happened to the 5 years worth of contributions I made? These have been ‘stolen’ by the government from me, and every other 1950’s woman. It’s theft and fraud by the government surely? I have heard some people say that women wanted equality and so we have to put up with the pension age being put back 5 years but it should have been phased in gradually and not have targetted one specific group of woman only, that is discrimination and totally unfair.
    Give us back our 5 years worth of contributions plus compensation!

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  426. I was born December 1953 and have to wait until March 2019 to receive my pension – when I’ll be 65 and 3 months. I’ve worked since I was 15 and I have over fifty years of full national insurance contributions. It’s an abomination.

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  427. I hope this wrong is righted in May as we have truly been robbed out of what is rightly ours ive worked since leaving school at 15. for 46 years solid paid enough qualifying years nat ins.so why the heck should I have to wait till I am 66 to get my state pension I took early retirement at christmas with a private pension I had going to have to scrimp & scrape for next 3 years till I get the state pension I was born 1955 and like many others have health problems.want to say a massive thankyou to back to 60 and David Hencke for all the help and support and there precious time too in helping us win this state Robbery. MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL..

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  428. Hello this is great news .Really hope we can can win this case .Have you any idea what date it will be in may .I cannot wait to retire and even get my bus pass was so upset when i couldnt apply for my bus pass .Well hopefully it will be a good result in may fingers and toes crossed for us all .kind regards jane perry .

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  429. I hope this wrong is righted in May as we have truly been robbed out of what is rightly ours ive worked since leaving school at 15. for 46 years solid paid enough qualifying years nat ins.so why the heck should I have to wait till I am 66 to get my state pension I took early retirement at christmas with a private pension I had. going to have to scrimp & scrape for next 3 years till I get the state pension I was born 1955 and like many others have health problems.want to say a massive thankyou to back to 60 and David Hencke for all the help and support and there precious time too in helping us win this state Robbery. MANY THANKS TO YOU ALL..

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  430. I work all my life and on the 14th of January I Wii be 60 it hurts me so much that I have to continued working I pray all goes well and I don’t have to work anymore I do security and standing is very hard for me

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  432. I was born in 1956 and it will be 2022 before I am entitled to state pension. Like others I have worked since I was 16 and expected to retire at 60. I am now widowed and struggle financially as no one wants to employ you at my age. But I feel the government will wriggle out of doing the right thing by us, as usual.

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  433. I left the UK about 13 yrs ago because the a stressful life was killing me and I live a very simple life on my husband’s pension (caring for him in his disabled condition). At the time I left I had paid 2 yrs more than I needed to in order to receive a full pension! That means that at the current pension allowance age I would have been retired over 20 yrs before I received my state pension which means had I still been working I would have contributed 20 yrs more NI contributions than required for a full pension. HOW IS THAT FAIR! Like one of the ladies above says – let us retire as we should, get some quality of life before we become infirm AND LET THE YOUNGER PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO MORE JOBS.

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  434. Well Done on all the hard work and effort you have put in to rectifying this grave injustice, I was born in July 1954 and worked all my life since leaving school at 16 and worked evenings when my two children were born. I returned to Full Time Employment when they started school, until I started with multiple health problems. My Husband passed away in December 2013 just 8 weeks after his 60th Birthday, so he never received his State Pension. I got 12 months Widows Benefit but my ESA was stopped for the 12 months, I think I am entitled to part of my Husbands Pension too but they won’t confirm this till I start receiving mine, so have been hit twice. I really hope they put this right, like many have said, it should have been phased in by adding a year at a time. Instead they have left a group of women who have worked most of their lives robbed of what they have paid in good faith and most like me given little or no notice. It is an absolute disgrace and even a bigger disgrace that the hearing has been postponed till May instead of January, to give the DWP time to prepare, they didn’t give us time to prepare for not receiving our due Pension.

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  435. I had given 3 months notice to my employer, (I was a practice manager at a GP surgery) to look after my grandchildren. I was being paid to look after them and with my state pension I would not be out of pocket, but then I found out I would not get my pension for another 3 years and 9 months. I had a over a £500 per month shortfall which has caused us untold hardship. I have just started a 25 hour a week job, which I must say I am enjoying, but I shouldn’t have had to go back to work at 65 years old. I am looking at staying for 5 years god willing.

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  436. I applaud you in your fight for justice. Born in January 54 I had to take a break from work in my late fifties to help with my mother who had developed Alzheimers. On her passing I found it very difficult in obtaining work in my field due to my age, eventually securing a job in a retail position. At this point I had been advised my retirement age was 63 but with no further communication I soon found this had been raised to 65 years 5months. Had I known of this change sooner it would certainly have changed my attitude in my search for continued employment. Unfortunately, I was made redundant two years ago and due to health issues have been forced to depend on my partner who is now working two jobs to keep our heads above water. The whole pension age increase has been badly managed with a great lack of communication to the women involved. As mentioned in other posts the calculation for retirement is ridiculous e.g. a woman from my class in school who was nine months older received her pension over a year and a half ago and a friend who is only seven weeks older receives hers six months before me and this is despite the fact we all started school at the same time and also started work at the same age. Other countries implementing an age increase introduced a reduced pension for women in our position a system which could have been adopted by our government instead of robbing us blind !!!

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  438. I knew the pension age would have to go up. When I was told it would go up to 63, I accepted this, even though my plan’s for 60, went out the window. When I found out it would be 65 1/2, I just cried. What I don’t understand is why I don’t get it on my birthday.

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  439. Thankyou so much for the work you are doing. I am fortunate that my children are supporting me financially until I am finally allowed my pension. Without their help I really don’t know how I would manage as I can no longer earn a living as a holistic therapist. My joints can no longer tolerate the amount of massage I would have to do.

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  440. I am a 1956 baby. Like a lot of others I have worked since I was 15. ( apart from a few years having my children). I was promised that at 60 years of age I would receive my state pension. What gives the government any right to deny me or all the others the pension we worked so hard for. I notice MP,s can all retire at 50 with a golden handshakes. Totally unjust and unfair. After a certain age, working full time becomes more and more difficult and the mind and body just cannot do it any more. I hope this review is successful for all our sakes and that justice to the 50;s generation is done.
    Jan Adnett Potters Bar

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    • Thank you for raising this retirement age at parliament. I was born in 1959 and will be 60 this year I numerous health problems that prevent me from workinv. It would be a dream of I was able to retire this year and not have to carry on with this awful universal credit . Than you

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  441. I cannot thank Michael Mansfield QC,
    BackTo60 and all the bodies involved
    enough for their diligence ,persistence and hard work.
    I will be eternally grateful for the support you have shown.

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  442. So very thankful for the people fighting for us I was born in October 1953 so I had to wait till I was 65 to get my state pension (I got it .last year 2018), it was so unfair because if I was born before April 1953 I would have got it at 60. No warning or anything. Keep up the good work..

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  443. Born in 1956 I await with eager anticipation the outcome of this review. I feel that women of this generation have been treated unfairly and should be allowed to retire at 60 which we had planned to do all our lives. At 62, I was lucky enough to still retire at 60 as my husband received a private pension but we still live quite frugally and watch the pennies

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  444. I was born in 1952 and still working no choice worked from 15 like so many others although I now get state pension seems to be less than others I have spoken to for some reason even tho I have worked full time for most of my adult life just like to thank all who are challenging this for us

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  445. I echo many of the comments made , I worked from the age of 15 ,born 1955 until 61 years old , I finished work to care for my dear husband of 43 years . He was very poorly with COPD and asbestosis. Sadly he passed away six months later. I will probably have to sell our home and rent somewhere until I get my pension in 2020. It’s disgusting that the government’s answer to the waspi women is to get an apprenticeship.!! Shameful that non workers/shirkers “get paid” and we will probably be dead before we get a pension we have paid into for 40 – 50 years of working !! Good luck , hope it doesn’t turn out like the brexit fiasco

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    • I hope that you don’t mean those who are claiming benefits are ‘shirkers’. The percentage of people claiming benefits fraudulently is 2%. The only shirkers in this country are the idle rich.

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  448. Good luck you 50’s Girls, my Wife and by consequence I has been greatly impacted by the raising of her Pension Age (born 1958) to 66. Fingers x’d for a positive outcome. Of course no doubt the DWP will drag matters out in the hope that a few more of those swindled are not alive to collect. Now on the other hand if you are a migrant they cant hand the cash out fast enough. Fair, me thinks not. Justice for the 50’s Girls

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  449. Thank you so much in having got this far with the campaign. I celebrated my 65th birthday last weekend and will finally receive my state pension in May. I, like many others, feel that we have been robbed of our pension. If and when, there is a positive change how likely is it that the people affected will be compensated .. I better carry on dreaming

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      • Hi David can you change the paragraph you included which states that the issue is about women who didn’t have time to make sufficient NI contributions? This is causing the confusion/upset

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  452. 14 03 1954 born
    My best friend from school also born September 1954 as to wait till 2020
    Mine Sept o9 2019
    How fair is this we were in same class yr
    This is on top of waiting 5yrs 9months
    To ill to work but no benefits entitled to
    My husband suports

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    • My best friend was born 24.1.54 and gets her pension in May. I was born 2 weeks later on 8.2.54 and have to wait until August, even though I have paid NI for 48 years. How is this fair?

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  453. I was born in 1958 and as the other ladies above feel I have been robbed of my pension. I planned to retire at 60 to help look after my grandchildren, so in turn help my children as childcare fees are so expensive. I so hope we win this battle once and for all. Good luck to everyone fighting this cause.

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  454. I agree with the comments made & some have very clearly put into words the feelings I have of being cheated out if my pension. I had to pay student fees for my children with little time to save. My friends who are a year older have bus passes fuel allowance & state pension. I thank you for taking the case forward. Successive governments appear to think about their own needs rather than the needs of people.

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  455. I was born in 1956 and I was sure I could retire at 60!! I have worked since the age of 14. I now have bad health and struggle to work and nobody will help me there are no benefits for me. It is disgusting how we are being treated. I pray to god this is put right.

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  456. Born October 1954. I have always worked since I was 14 as a Saturday shop assistant, leaving school at 15, I have worked ever since and always paid a full national insurance stamp. I expected a pension at 60, then changed to 64 & 8 months, now it has been changed to 65 & 11 months. Weeks short of me reaching 66. I ask is this fair? I feel my pension has been STOLEN from me. Very upset!!

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  457. This is great news. I was born in 1958 and I don’t qualify till I am 66. I feel extremely cheated by the government decision to raise pension age. I have worked full time since age of 18 , taking only a couple of years off to have my daughter. I sincerely hope the review is successful for all of us born in the 1950’s. Why should we be discriminated against. This is truly unfair

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  458. This age increase has taken away our privilege to care for our elderly, other countries including state dependency countries Jersey and Gibraltar, still have this privilege, that’s lovely , but we want it too. A flexi pension would have helped us. In my naivety of the government, I really did think I would be sent a letter, for something as important as this. We had a leaflet through the door giving us 5 years notice about the t.v. change over, but nothing about our pension( how silly), and laughably the government said they sent letters and extensive media coverage was carried out, it was mentioned mainly in the financial papers, so after working, then looking after our families, we are going to rush out and buy a financial paper, No we are not. These people who make these ridiculous decisions do not live in the real world, its a pity a good vet didn’t revive the pig when Cameron had his encounter, and its a pity Osbourne wasn’t close by.
    I personally love taking care of all my family, old and young, I would love to do more, thank you for caring, and very well done.
    Jayne

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  459. I’m a 1959 baby. I have worked all my life like many of you, only having a few months off to have my children. In them days we didn’t get the time off they get now. Everything was geared at retiring at 60. It’s disgusting. We seem to be the forgotten generation and have been hot the hardest of all. We paid the 16% mortgages for years, we couldn’t save as it all went on just living then they hit u with this. While I understand it needed to rise going to 66 was grossly unfair and I hope we win our day in court.

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  460. I feel sorry for the women who can’t retire l got my pension at 60 but not a full one it was only £97 a week if the government are saying pensioners should get £155 a week think of us on a small pension

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  461. I am 64 1\2 years old and although thankfully I am well and can work but now after finishing a short term contract i am meeting prejudice of the workplace and find i can’t find work due to this. So I am classed as unemployed and not retired. I have paid full stamp all my life and I am now living frugally worried that I may have problems with my house that I can’t afford to fix. It is now winter and I freeze during the day because I can’t afford the blls. It’s not fair as I saved for my state pension many years ago.

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  462. I am an October 1955 baby. I married a German in December 2014 and had to sell my business to move out to Germany. I moved out 2 weeks before my 60 the birthday and, effectively, took “early” retirement. My accountant and I both checked with the DWP before I went that I was fully paid up. At that time I was. However, since moving to Germany, the British Government has, in its infinite wisdom, increased the retirement age AGAIN for we ‘50s women and I am now 2 years short. Of course I am no longer working so I either have to find the money from somewhere to pay up the missing 2 years or accept that, when I finally get my pension in 2022, it will not be the full amount. Compared to some women I could be considered lucky but that is not the point. The principle remains the same. We have been discrimated against and it is time the Government was held to account. Thank you, Mr Henckell, for pursuing this for us.

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    • I am in a similar position to you. I had the chance to take early retirement 4 years ago. I checked my payments were up to date then started a new life. As a previous poster put we had a contract when we started work that our pensions would start at 60 and that had already been moved a few years. I am now on my own, no chance of work other than seasonal in the summer and my state pension is not due for years. I worked from 18 and never had a break for children. Fortunately I paid into a private pension so have a small income to pay bills. I was told I could pay I think it was around £300 (??) for each year to top up the missing NI payments as apparently I will now not get a full pension due to the “missing” years NB it would cost more in fuel and parking to travel in to town 18 miles away to sign on for the NI credit and I would rather enjoy the money now than save up and pay it in the hope I would be around long enough to enjoy it when I eventually get to pension age. I am in favour of equality but also feel the withdrawal of raising the pension age in stages (the original promise based on birth date) is morally wrong.

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  463. A Big thank you to all who are working on our behalf. I live in the greater Manchester area and Andy Burnham MP and now our Mayor has passed a ruling that all women born between 1952 and 1954 who have been robbed of our ST pension should be given a bus pass for the Gt Manchester area as we also have lost our access to free public transport .

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    • Hi it is great that some women get a bus pass but that is only for ladies born before the end of November 1954 as I was born December I miss out yet again,Thanks to everyone fighting for us women of the 50s

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  464. A HUGE thank you to all of those ladies who have fought so hard for this cause so far.
    A HUGE thank you to Michael Mansfield QC and legal fellows for backing this campaign- when a senior rights campaigner is involved the issue cannot be ignored.
    My story is the same as a lot of the women here- worked long and hard all my adult life, nursing, with NO break for raising a family-spent 2 years looking after elderly parents and working reduced hours, only to return to full-time work and the realisation that I would have to continue until i’m 66!!
    It’s not going to be possible as my job is too physically/mentally demanding- I will be forced to apply for another post along with all the younger newly qualified nurse who have boundless energy and will cost less to employ and with much longevity to offer- my chances are not good.
    I have friend’s in the police force and fire brigade- they have no idea how they can be on the front-line of their services and still perform in their late 50’s let alone in their mid 60’s. Does the government realise how this potentially may affect the future claims for state disability and the rise of long term sickness levels in these government controlled services?
    The incremental pensions are NOT FAIR for ALL 1950’s women and were not thought out properly -and put those women who were born 6th Oct 1954-5th April 1960 at the greatest disadvantage- with those older women being confused as to how the incremental pensions have been planned as comments voiced in the above responses show.
    From one knackered nurse who turned 60 last year and goes home totally worn out every day from a job she loves but will not be able to do for much longer- I cannot miss coffee breaks, lunches and stay late at work for much longer………

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  465. I am a 1958 baby. I went to WHS school, lot of us have worked since we were 15. I only had a few months off with my children, I was told work hard and that at 60 years of age I would receive my state pension. What gives the government any right to change it now? I know 12 school friends who have dead not seeing 60th Birthday. Every day I am in pain, now the government wants me to work another 6 years. Thank you for supporting us 50s babies.

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  466. I have had to return to work after 18 years. I’ve had ME for all that time. I have no benefits at all as the Government stripped me of everything. I am now having to work another 5 and a half years before I receive my pension and I am struggling financially. I work 26 hours a week and my illness is crippling with the type of work I do which is domicillary care in the home. I nearly fall asleep driving to work and back and struggle with everything.

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  467. I was born in 1960 and unfortunately suffer from fibromyalgia. I cannot believe women are being treated like this after I have worked all my life except for four years whe I had my children. So my private pension is very small as I took jobs to fit in with the children. Now I have to face working until I’m 66! I won’t have much when I retire and that’s if I live that long, how can this injustice continue. It’s always women who pay during marriage taking lower paid jobs but working since I was 17 obviously is not enough. Enough is enough please continue to fight for vulnerable women who have brought up generations of children whilst having to work and raise children without tax benefits and paid child care that this generation has . Thank you.

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  468. I worked from I was 15 years old gave up work 12 years ago to help look after my ageing parents who have sadly passed away,I receive absolutely no benefits and was looking forward to my state pension at 60 ( 3 years ago) I now must wait till I’m 66 and depend on the generosity of my wonderful husband . I am only asking for what I worked for not a loan not a dear john but what I am entitled too. I refuse to say please or thank you ( sounds harsh) not intended, I want what is rightly mine !!!!!!!!!!! 1955 DOB.

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    • I understand this so much. I have worked since the age of 16 in desperate to retire. I have made a comment so forgive me for not going into the reasons again. #1957woman should be retired now.

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  469. I am one of the effected women and this actually puts some women back in the dark ages in that some may remain financially dependant on their partner rather than draw their own Retirement pension.
    In 2019 this is totally unacceptable

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  470. I hope this will be sucessful but actually doubt it will be. I was born 1954 ad also have worked since 17 years old.
    Now not due my pension until 66. Definitely been cheated out of 6 years worth of pension!
    The age was not even staggered! Grossly unfair.

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  472. I hope your fight works I was born 1951 and had made plans for retirement at 60 .I also worked from age 15 sometimes very long hard days .I had to change my plans and take flexi retirement from my job in social services which seriously affected my private pension I can’t believe the government could make such decisions with no consultation with the people that were due to retire not only did the age go up but the pension went down

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  473. I’m a 1954 child, I paid my National Insurance for 40 years without a break as don’t have children, I hated my job and just when you think you can see the light at the end of the tunnel they pull the rug and robbed me and thousands more of 6 years government pension, had I stayed in my job I’m sure I would have had a breakdown so I left and have had no income or benefits for the past 4 years and still 2 years to go 😭😭 I/we exist on my husbands small pension it’s just so unfair 😡😡

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  474. I was born in 1954 worked hard all my life. I am disgusted how this government have been able to get away with this quick decision on our pensions. Why does it take so long on criminal issues or Brexit to be resolved, yet on our pensions was decided over night. This has had a terrible effect on my life as it has on many of my friends life’s too. In this day and age it is very difficult to get work at my age and lifestyle wise mine has changed a lot, unfortunately the wrong way. Why should we have to suffer when there are many other things going on in this country that are just swept under the carpet. I would like to know what these politicians would say if this was to happen to their huge pensions. Maybe cut their percentage and give to us I don’t think so. Jane Carrington

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  475. June 54 baby. I have to wait until march 2020 to get my pension. Other girls in my class at school got theirs in 2017. How can a few months difference in birthdate mean a two and a half year difference in getting my pension. Now i am having to sell my home as i cant get a job due to my age. SO UNFAIR!!!

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  477. Well done to all who have worked so hard to get to this point, fingers toes & everything else crossed for the fight you have before you justice will & should be done.
    1958

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  478. Hopefully it will be 60 as I have already worked 43 years of my life life now I am tired and knowing I will have to work till 66 I don’t no if I will make it to then people should have an option to work or not to work but still be able to get there state pension when you paid into it.thanks so much what u are doing

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  479. Thank you everyone involved in this daylight robbery of our pensions campaign. I was born in 1957 and have worked since the age of 15, taking 3 years off to bring up my children. The government expects me to wait until I am 66, only another 4 years to wait, I do hope not.

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  481. Thank you for fighting for 1950s women. I’ve said previously that no one minds equality provided the field of play is level. Equal opportunities did not come into play until1975. In until this point the education curriculum was female / male oriented. Let alone employment opportunities. Women are still predominantly carers of the young and the elderly. Only MPs with the luxury of early retirement on full pension would pass legislation for a higher retirement age.

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  482. I was born in 1951 so didn’t have to wait long for my pension but still felt cheated. My terms and conditions when I started work clearly stated that I would receive my state pension at 60. I really didn’t expect that anything could legally change that. Thank you for pursuing this matter on behalf of all those concerned.

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  483. I was a 1959 baby and expected to retire in a few weeks time. I’ve work 44 years in a man’s world of inequality, lower wages and fewer opportunities. The only saving grace was that women retired at 60. I knew they were raising the retirement age but they said they’d phase it in so I assumed I would retire around 62. When I received lithe official letter just 5 years ago to say it would be 66 I felt sick. I feel totally cheated by the government and am so grateful for the various groups who are fighting for what we deserve. Here’s hoping we get some good news in May. Thanks to everyone who has joined the fight.

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  484. I am so overwhelmed with this victory and hoping for a resolution in favour of women like me born on that decade. Many of us suffer with severe menopause symptoms, in addition to associated health problems, yet we have to remain at work because the occupational pension is not enough to live on. The argument of people living longer is not valid. People on their 50s are having work stress and serious health problems, with poor quality of life and force to work regardless.

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  485. I am trying to continue working for as long as I can but owing to sickness ( had a mini stroke in July) have found it increasing difficult. Many other women are in the same predicament. I should have well retired by now not managing to struggle on.

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  486. It is in my opinion a clear breach of a contract made with individuals and the DWP/Goverment. It was a dictorial decision, totaly un -demorcratic and should never have been accepted by the voting British people. I am male and as of Jan 7th 2019 became a pensioner, however I do not receive my pension until May 6th 2019. When I left school and received a National Insurance number the Goverment of the day agreed to pay me, on the basis I paid NIC contributions, a state pension on the aniversary of my birth date. They have broken that agreementcontract and should be held accountable. If the Goverment was a business they would be taken to Court for fraudulent actions. If there is a Q.C. or Barrister out there who reads this, please please take this matter up and have this matter bought to The High Court….Goverment is elected and should not get away with this sort of under the table mal practice

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  488. I am a 1957 born woman who after working from age 15 and having a short spell off for having my children I totally disagree with the government coming totally out of the blue and raising the retirement age for those born in the 50s it is discriminating against us as women and our age group why could it not be staggered . I and a few of my work colleagues are still working full time in the Nhs and we are having health problems ourselves . I often weep as I should have been in my retirement now enjoying my grandchildren x

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  489. I was born in June 1953. Miss out getting my pension at 60 by 8 weeks. Seems so unfair I have been trying to get somebody to explain to me why??? I’ve tried numerous department but never get a satisfactory answer. I just get told ‘you are one of the unlucky ones’. Like many women I have always worked and paid full contributions much more than the alottted years needed to get the full state pension but I receive a lot less than a lot of my friends.

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  490. Born in 1958 and having always worked I am disgusted at not getting my pension at 60.The government do not live in the real world.While there may be a few honourable members as far as I can see the majority are over salaried pen pushers.I like loads of others have worked hard on a low salary and with sruggling to pay a mortgage it was not possible to save extra for a pension.
    Some of us who are lucky to still have a parent or parents would have liked more time to look after them more but have limited time with still having to work. We entered into a contract when starting work at sixteen and paying our our NI that we would get our pension at 60.The givernment have broken this contract.Surely that is breaking the law.
    Fingers crossed that in May we get justice.

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    • I was born in 1954. I am registered disabled and have to work full time because there is no part time available. I go to work in pain and am so disgusted because I cannot retire until I am 66. An animal would not have to suffer like this so why is the government doing this to me. Susan

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  492. Well done I am 60 in February and Inam disgusted at having worked full time for 44 years I am now required to work 6 more before I can access The State pension. This needs changing ASAP

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  494. Great result so far. Thanks to all involved. I have never received a personal letter informing me of the increase in the age I could retire. If the age is decreased do we receive interest on lost pension revenue?

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  495. About time this was being looked into
    50,s born women have paid into the system for 40 years and very much entitled to retire at a decent age
    Alston’s the females over 60 still working should not have to pay NI they should be a “C” contribution

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  496. This was never honestly explained in a timely fashion, and so many women are suffering because of the huge gap between the original pension age, and the now age-related one. As someone born in 1957 I will not be getting my pension until 66. Wrong!

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  498. Please tell me that this also applies to women born in the early 60s. My career and career break were predicated on receipt of state pension at 60, in my case November 2021.

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  499. Fantastic news. I hope you are successful. The government keep trying to make this a benefit but like private pensions we have paid for them. I am a male who has had his contract breached by the government having been made to work a year longer.
    Good luck. I would love my wife to have her retirement put back to its original year.

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  500. I didn’t get my state pension when I was 60 which I should have done as I was born in 1953& worked from 16 years old till I was 60 so I was cheated out if 3 years of my pension as I could only claim it when I was 63. I hope it would be backdated but I can’t see that happening. I really hope this fight is won x

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  501. I am 60 years old in November and should have been receiving my state pension. I have worked from being 16 years old and finished work in 2015 to care for my granddaughter so my daughter could go back to work in teaching. I agree that when I started work at 16 I entered into an agreement and paid my Ni so I could get my pension at 60. The government have now conned me out of 7 years pension and I do not know how they can just change the rules to suit them.

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  502. Well done and thank you. My husband who is a few years older than me, has received his pension already at a younger age than I will be when I get mine. Born 57.

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    • I agree with all these comments i was born in November 1954 and dont get my state pension until 66…like the rest i have worked abd oaid in for 48 years..so how come we have been robbed of our pension..totally unfair and we were not warned about it..Mary

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  503. Well done guys it’s been a hard journey to get thus far and some haven’t made it to this stage . I salute those women , denied their rights and suffered hardship due to the unfair and discriminative way they have been treated. Shame on the governments who have successively denied these women the rights which as a country, we were once the envy of the world for.

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    • I was an April 1956 baby so can’t claim my state pension until I am 66yrs. So I have been cheated out of six years of my pension. That’s a great deal of money to me and so have to continue working until then. It’s nothing but theft by this and previous governments.

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  505. I was born in 1959 having paid all my contributions for my state pension,I have now retrained for a career I work a 40 hour week and have just been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my right hip and have sciatica due to being injured at work 3 years ago , my husband had a stroke in 2011 and we had to sell our house as the bank wouldn’t re morgage because I only earn the living wage ,we live in a wooden lodge as we cannot get social housing, please please help get my pension as my body won’t last another 7 years hard work caring for the elderly also some of my residents are only a few years older than myself.

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  506. I to have lost my pension until l am 66 years old , and I’ve worked since I was 14 yrs old. I had to leave work to look after my mother who had Alzheime rs and dementia .I would rather have worked than go through that. the government got all that care for free out of me . Then while I’m dealing with that i lose my pension . Now I l ive hand to mouth . what were they thinking

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  507. Thank you to all concerned in trying to win this case for us women who have been dealt a raw deal. So appreciated. I’m 63 in 3 weeks time and still working because I have to make ends meet. I’m tired and worn out and so look forward to retiring whereby I will be able to help look after grandchildren and also my parents who are in their late 80’s. Also by retiring this will free up places for the younger generation to take up. My biggest bug-bare is that the Government moans and says they haven’t got the money, but they’ve had our money and now it’s time to give it back to us. Government always seems to find £millions from somewhere when there is a need for some other project. Give us our money back, it’s ours!

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  508. Please God let us win this. I was born in December 1954 and I am struggling with my mobility at work due to osteoporosis and arthritis I still have 2 years to work because of this change I didn’t know about.

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  510. Vivienne Clark – really optimistic that some changes will result from these processes. I have paid into the system for 42 years and will be 60 next year. The only way I could survive was to shorten the term for my private pension. The new legislation has been ‘hard hitting’ , many of us were simply not prepared for the additional 6 year wait.

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  512. We all paid into the system believing our pension would be at 60. Even bring lead to believe it could come down to 55!!!
    “Goal posts moved”

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  513. I started work at the age of 15 in 1970. I am now 63 and have already worked and contributed fully to NI for almost 48 years. During my working career I worked for the NHS for around 14 years. Where we were contracted out of SERPS by the NHS. I have since found out, that although I have made 48 years payment of NI, through being contracted out, I am now informed I have to make up the difference either by making an upfront payment now, or pay further years contributions to make up the difference, to entitle me to my full pension. I wasn’t informed at the time the NHS contracted me out, that it would make a difference to contributions towards my pension, at the end. Plus, I like most people of that era, have worked continuously throughout, in order to receive a decent pension at the age of 60, as was promised. In addition to continuously working, I saved and paid into occupational pensions, long before the law said we had to, in order to prepare my finances for my due retirement date, as was. I did not expect after all of that planning, to now be told I have to wait a further 6 years. It has affected my financial situation tremendously. So much so, that I am now living off my savings, to substitute my income, instead of having them as an umbrella during my retirement years. Which all puts great stress on me now, physically, mentally and personally.

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  514. I will finally receive my pension this year at the age of 65, and have lost the pension that I would have hoped to have started receiving from 60. In this challenge are there plans to encompass people like me to have the pensions lost to be addressed as well.

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    • Estelle, register with WASPI & back to 60…I believe both organisations have produced guidelines & forms to fill in. they will be best placed to give you advice..But anyway, once e do in, any ruling will apply to all of the women affected…Looking forward to that great day..

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  515. Considering the maximum pay in years I’d meant to be 40 years many women I know are well over that still paying NI and tax
    I am 63 this year and have missed out on 3 yrs pension so far. It’s an appalling stitch up by government and theft of my pension money.

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  516. State pension date for me should have been 9/3/2014. Now 6/9/2019. I worked full time and paid more than maximum national insurance contributions. Shocking that I am still working and so angry through no fault of my own!!!

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  517. It’s would be so good to get a state pension I am 63 and find it so unfair what has happened has I have very small pension of 75 pounds a month .

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  518. They are not bothered about us!! If they loose their job it doesn’t matter to them they have their Gold Plated/Ring Fenced Pension from an earlier age than us, but raise ours!!

    My Husband died two and a half years ago, no Widows pension they scrapped that!! Having to get by on my own no help whatsoever! like some of the others our age.
    Try to find work at our age! soon as you mention age they don’t want to know, really need full-time work to pay way, but can’t get it, so have to get by on part-time so then not paying N.I. as I am now 5 years short as they increased that !!was told by DWP that I was one year short of my 30 years contributions, so paid that off and was told you are there now, if you pay anymore contributions they might not be of benefit to you so I didn’t pay anymore, sometime later it was increased to 35yrs and I didn’t know . Now I find out that I need 43yrs!!! At the moment I have 38 but am still short!!

    We have been messed about so much it’s not right, and Steve Webb said ‘there will always be winners and loosers’ as long as its not them!

    Thankyou all and everyone for all the hard work you are doing for us.

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  519. I Don’t understand what is meant by a specific group of women that could not fully contribute to the national insurance fund ??
    What about those that did fully contribute and for the last 3 or 4 years as in my wife’s case have recieved NOTHING !!!!

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  520. I am glad that the law has seen Spence.
    I and many others have worked since I was 15yrs old now 63.
    Unfortunately my health in the last few years has deteriorated so not able to work.
    But have worked most of my life.
    I feel that I have been cheated out of my pension.
    Hopefully the law of the land will recognise this.
    For all.
    Thank you for your help and support.

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  523. Thank youfrom the bottom of my heart on behalf of myself and all women born in the 1950.IT IS A STRUGGLE TO KEEP ON WORKING but myself and thousands more have no choice .We are just living to survive and can’t ever see ourselves being able to enjoy our later years.Iv been told i wont get a pension until im 67 years old .I know I cannot carry on working until then as I suffer from back problems and copd.At this time I must keep working I have no choice.I am so grateful you are fighting for us as it would be impossible for us to do it our selves.THANK YOU.

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  528. Thank you for all your hard work, let’s hope it pays off for all us 1950’s women. Not only have we got to wait a further 6 years for our state pension but we have currently lost a chunk of money that we have duly paid for and earned.

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  529. This is the best news, I am 62yrs young but having to work till 66 and my god my body knows it. I am the youngest of 5 siblings who were all lucky enough to have retired at 60 because they were born before the 50s and they still wonder how I keep going at work but as I’ve said it’s a case of having to. If I’d have known years ago that this was going to happen I’d have put more money in my pension pot. Good luck.

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  532. I am still very angry about having to work/claim work based benefits till I am 65. However as I worked in the Advice Sector at the time of the changes I was aware of the fact in advance of my 60th birthday. As a young woman with young children I was encouraged to stay at home to care for my familly and as they got older took part time work so was unable to pay into any long term work pension schemes or Private Pension scheme. I probably wouldn’t have stopped working at 60 but am angry that the choice was taken away from me. I have been unemployed for nearly 3 years so instead of receiving my state pension I have been receiving JSA abd Universal Credit. I am very much looking forward to my retirement from 6 May 2019,

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  533. THANKYOU!
    In hindsight, looking back, we were really stitched up! But for some reason at that time…. I was unaware of the skullduggery that was taking place!!!
    Trust is a wonderful thing, but unfortunately history shows you cannot trust, not even your very own British government!
    “Here’s to the People”
    Good Luck Everyone x

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  535. Thank you to everyone fighting for us. I have worked full time since I was 18 years old, with only 6 months unemployment due to redundancy. I am 60 years old now and want to retire. I have supported myself all my life and continue to do so. I’ve worked hard and over the years made some provision for a happy retirement at 60 years old. I now have to work until I’m 66. I’m tired, have some health problems and the thought of working another 6 years depresses me. Also I have paid “over and above” the mandatory contributions required to receive my pension. Yet still have to contribute. When I asked DWP if I would receive a higher rate of pension, as a result of my additional contributions, I received a very clear No! I’m presuming my contributions and those of ladies in the same situation, are supplementing the pensions of all the people who have not worked at all, or less than the required years. Is that fair???? Apologies for the lengthy rant, but I feel very passionate about this situation, which is a great injustice to us 50’s ladies. The government should not be allowed to get away with it. Thank you.

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  536. I think it’s a disgrace that we never got our pension I was supposed to get it Nov 2018 still to wait until May 2020 a disgrace

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  537. I wish people would not use emotions as a reason for this action. It is a matter of law and morality. Women born in the 1950s were not paid equally (by law) until 1975 therefore unable to contribute to a private pension scheme. We had our pension age moved without notification and by leaps and bounds. Being ill and unable to work does not mean you have more of a claim, if anything, it means less because you will be entitled to benefits for that. The government picked on the wrong people to make the changes to, maybe change it for those who always had legislation on their side but don’t ask me to be equal now when I was not in the 60s/70s. I did not receive any letter of notification of changes to retirement age, and, when i did get my pension at 63 they had the gaul to refer to it as “your benefit”.

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  538. I have followed and shared since this began so well done David and all the team. Please keep up the fight for us 50’s women who deserve to be retired after bringing up families and working hard to make ends meet.

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  539. ROBBED, along with all my female peers, 1955 born. Had to sell family home to find income for the six years my income has been stolen from me. We must fight this injustice. Where was the equality when we were not offered private Pensions because we were female, when paid less for doing the same job, when males promoted over us just because they were male? You can’t claim equality now when there was no equality for us in our youth.

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    • The Sex Discrimination Act was introduced in 1975, when you were 20. You would have been entitled to join a company pension scheme then.

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  541. Yes thank you to all those who are fighting 50s women’s corner.

    I was born in 1055 and like many I worked non stop, from 1972 until 2 years ago when I lost my admin job supporting a mental health social work team with Birmingham council, due to cut backs. I had no redundancy as I left on my own accord as the stress of the uncertainty what was going to happen to me was affecting my mental health.Since then I have applied for endless admin posts, had a couple of interviews but feedback when I asked why I was not granted an interview for an admin post was ‘you are not the right fit for the job’ another said ‘you don’t have college experience,’, 40 plus years admin experience accounted for nothing. What they really wanted to say was YOU ARE TOO OLD!
    From Jan to April 2018 I bowed down and claimed Job Seekers, I had to prove to the Job Centre that I was actively seeking work, was told I had to either do work experience or voluntary work whilst looking for a job. I said I would find my own voluntary work, which I did in the head office of a children’s hospice. After a couple of weeks I had a job match come through from Indeed for a job at the hospice where I was volunteering. It was just a temporary admin job for 3 months, I applied, was interviewed and got the job which sadly ended July. During the summer I did little gardening jobs for friends as I could not claim any benefits. To be honest I did not want to go back to that job centre I was treated as though I had never worked, it was awful. Up until July 2018 I was under a psychiatrist for depression. I have a heart condition where my heart goes out of rhythm due to stress, which I am on medication for, lower back problems, spondylitis so gardening work is too much for me.
    Since November I have gone back to volunteer at the hospice in the head office, it is rewarding and it is nice to have company and keep my brain active, but the only income I have coming in is £93 a month which is my fire service pension, this pays my council tax, I did not pay into a council pension scheme as I could not afford it. So life is tough I have my own small house, and thought about taking equity out but need to think about it.I have some savings but these are being eaten into, my car is 23 years old, my 100 year old house needs a new roof, carpet 26 years old but I need my savings to pay the bills and feed my 2 dogs who have kept me going this past 2 years, without them I dread to think where I would be..

    I too never received a letter from DWP saying my state pension date was going to be moved from 60 to 66. I overheard a work colleague telling someone she had seen it on internet. I have written to my local MP many times about this but he never replies just an automatic reply.

    So I pray that at last we will get what we deserve after 40 plus years of paying NI contributions and working hard for our country. Let us retire if we want to or volunteer for charities, it should be our choice not the Governments.

    Fight hard for us David please. .

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    • You worked for 44 years without an occupational pension? You really should have started an individual private pension arrangement if the company you worked for didn’t have a pension scheme.

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      • No Marcella, I did not work for 44 years without a private pension scheme but that has nirhibgcto do with the state pension scheme. When they brought in equal pay I was working in an all-women department so the company didn’t have to raise our pay at all. We were still earning half the pay that the men in the next department were earning even though it was all accounts based work and they were only in the next desk. I hope you have enjoyed your working terms which were fought for by our generation but please don’t criticise our reasons for this fight.

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      • Marcella, wakey wakey, iy’s not about the actual change in pension age both for men and women, it’s about theft, breach of contract between the people and the Goverment. They cannot be allowed to steal from the people. They do most of the time divert collected tax to other needs but when we all left school a contract was formed between each individual and the govermebnt, upon the issue of a National insurance number that these individuals would be paid at an agreed age…….. THE GOVERMENT LIED AND CONTINUES TO DO SO!!! Time for a change, the worthless people who by proxy run our country need replacing, the problem is with what??? That remains to be seen

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      • Your exactly spot on we had our ni number even before we were 15 and the agreement we had was once we had enough stamps . Then I think it was 32 yrs and we would get our pensions. They borrowed our money out of our secured fund for a year or two , never paid it back . And never restarted it back up . Oops they forgot. No their didn’t forget they spent our money . And didn’t have it to pay back . Then they changed the law . And forgot to tell us about that for around 16 yrs . Liars cheaters and fraudsters . They are disgusting people to do this to the people that have helped to fund the country. Some for over 45 yrs

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  542. Fantastic news…thank you so much for all your continued and significant lobbying for our vital cause. I am eternally grateful Michael Mansfield.

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  544. About time, a complete injustice we have lost out by thousands of pounds and not given anywhere near enough notice. It should be settled quickly and backdated.

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  545. I was born on the 24th August 1953 I was told just before my 60th birthday that I would be 64yrs and 4 months before qualifying for state pension. My old school friend , born in May 53 received her pension 12 months before me. Another friend born in January 53 got hers 2 years before me. How is this fair?

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      • Yes. It is a complex case so the two judges are going to consider their verdict rather than give an instant judgement. We have no date when it will be announced but the lawyers for all sides will be informed when it will be published.

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  547. Mothers through nature stop having babies when their bodies reach a certain age. Nature does this because caring for babies is not easy. My wife, Fiona is a children’s nanny, (someone who is a career surrogate mother). Fiona has dedicated her life to caring for small children, it has been a very rewarding career but even with the best intentions she knew it would have to when she became too old, i.e. – 60. That is, until our government stepped in and decided to steel her pension contributions & told her she now has to push her body for a further 7 years – that is if any mother will consider hiring someone Over 60 to start looking after their energetic little children. No chance.

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  549. Justice for all of us 50s women robbed of our pensions moves a step closer. Thank you for your splendid efforts on our behalf. Keep on fighting for us.

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  550. At last something is being done about this terrible injustice which is causing women born in the 50’s real hardship forcing them to work an extra 6 years without having enough notice to make other financial arrangements for their retirement. Many of which are in very physical jobs. The financial loss over the 6 years is in the region of £40000.00 plus on today’s current value”s. It’s disgusting!

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  551. Do I need to send a written complaint to DWP or write to my MP to log my complaint for the unfair Government Act, has been put on my as I was born in 1954 (65 in Apr – pension due Sept 2019) and have suffered financially for the past 6 years loosing my business due to not being able to work because I was diganosed with Breast Cancer in May 2012 and still suffering with bad Mental Health and also Pysical Health due to the Cancer! I am still suffering and the NHS Mental Health Foundation where I live will not help me.

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  552. I had to give up work at 61 and with 44 years of stamps as I have worked all my life and brought up 3 girls and being a single mum for many years I cannot claim anything.I have to rely on my pensioner partner to support me. I have been robbed of 6 years of a pension that I have worked for.

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  553. Thank god for these people championing our cause. So much hardship caused by those that ‘have’ leaving so many women in very hard financial circumstances. A huge injustice was done and anything which seeks to redress this is welcome. Thankyou to all involved.

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  554. What no-one has explained (to my knowledge) is why the wide discrepancy re month of birth and start of state pension. Example : my cousin was born June 3rd 1953, I was born 6 mths later. Her pension began December 2016, mine doesn’t begin until March this year (2019). Yet we are only 6 mths apart in age. That’s a huge difference of 2 years and 3 months. Another example, a friend was born end of Nov 1953, I was born 2 weeks later. She got her pension Nov 6th 2018, a full 4 mths before I get mine. It makes no sense. There is a chart on the Government pension page showing birth dates and months and date when pension will start. There are large gaps between women born a few weeks apart getting their pensions months or even a year or two apart. Though I’ve scoured the internet, DWP sites etc, I can find no explanation for these wide discrepancies. I would love to find out the ‘logic’ (if there is any) behind this !.

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    • I am disgusted with the way the scale has been ‘botched’, ‘(I wont say calculated..)…and then, signed off by someone (who, I would like to know) They should be looking for a ‘safe house’…

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      • I agree I was born May 1954 my friend March 1954 she can retire sept this year I have to go to following January. It’s all been handled so badly. I really do hope we get somewhere with this gross injustice to women born in the 50s.

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  555. As I am turning 60 this year I should have been able to cut back on my hours but instead need to keep working to 65,66or 67 think of all the interest the government are making of all the money that should have been payed out to all these individual women that would have been due to retire it is scandalous.

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  556. Fingers and toes crossed, making women like myself work an extra six years is just unfair , when it first went up it went up 2 yrs , … thats was bad enough…. then thay put it up another four years that was cruel and heartless . Not everyone is fit enough to continue to do their job and That includes myself 😢Nor did we have enough time to save , to cover six extra years , Ive been working since being sixteen and was told I could retire at 60 but no !!!! That means I’ll have worked for 50 years, but government says only need to work 35 years for full pension, so whats happening to my money for the other 15 years???

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  558. What about the ladies who where advised to pay a lower stamp when they did part time. And then even though they worked most of there working life full time. Did not receive a fully paid pension.

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  559. Of course the pension age should be reversed. The government have stolen from 1950’s women.
    There wasn’t any news about this and we were not consulted ! Scandalous

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  561. Let’s hope something comes of this this, so many ladies have been robbed of their pensions, many having to sell their family homes to survive. We’ve done everything correct paid our contributions, worked in low paid jobs, looked after our children and elderly parents only to be sold down the river by both political parties. It makes me squirm to think of George Osborne boasting to Parliament on how much money he made off the 1950s women. Thank you so much backto50 and waspi for all you’ve done.

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  562. I worked solid for 42 years had my pension stole from me I should have had it at 60 now I will have to wait until I am 65 and a half.what makes it worse I had to finish work with ill health when I was 59 and now I am 64 I have had to live on a small works pension to which I also paid for how can they justifie 60 to nearly 66 I paid my money in

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  563. It is important now that we stand together “all groups “. Although we campaign for 1950’s women the while idea that government can and do move the goal posts anytime they like without giving notice is unacceptable. The failure of government to maintain it’s payments into the NI fund ( exposed by David Hencke) is a failure of trust and a failure of forward planning.
    The real disadvantages faced by 1950’s women-
    Low life chances due to stereotyping of girls in education, limiting subject choice and discouraging aspiration in girls/young women.
    Lack of higher education opportunity due to being female.
    Poor job prospects and limited choices due to being female.
    Some employment positions being male only for no good reason.
    Lack of promotion due to being female.
    Lack of childcare to enable employment.
    Lack of access to workplace pensions for part timers ( mostly women)
    Burden of domestic and care work due to being female.
    Unequal pay for equal work.
    Career breaks due to motherhood affecting promotion prospects and NI record.
    and more.
    We trust that all of this will be discussed and demonstrate our case at JR.
    Equality of opportunity was just not there. This campaign is important in that it demonstrates that
    government must consider the impact of policy decisions.
    Good luck all.

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  564. I am still working at 63 although only part time because I am not well enough to work full time. My husband is disabled with heart disease. I worked from the age of 14 I have paid more than my fair share in national insurance. It’s time I started getting done back. Why should we be punished. Over £43000 I would have lost by the time i’m 66. How is that fair.

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  565. I have had to sell my house due to my partner dying suddenly and I am still having to work..I cannot claim any benifits as I receive a small pension from previous employment…I am living on very little and stuggke to pay my rent and basic bills each month..I am desperate..my mental health us suffering due to my finacial situation..and I cannot get my state pension until May 2019..I am 65 this month. Elaine Allen

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  568. Thank you. Born 1959 worked since I was 15 looked forward to retiring at 60 now have to wait till 66 grossly unfair . Husband is unfortunately disabled and wheelchair bound would have been nice to have some quality retirement but by 66…!! Thsnks for getting it to a court case in May

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  569. I am almost 63 years old, my husband left me for a younger woman, leaving behind tremendous debts which were repaid from the sale of our home, which he in fact forced! Now homeless and working more hours than my health actually allows, if I had my pension life would be so much easier for me, I could cut down hours drastically, and even afford a place to live!! This is nothing other than THEFT!!! How can this be allowed???

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  570. If it does revert back to 60 does this mean I can claim money back as I didn’t get mine until I was 62 years 10 months and 11 days before I qualified for my pension

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  571. Lets hope that we get somewhere with the DWP !!!!. They are not easy people to deal with and yes they will find every loop hole and excuse not to pay up!!!!. I would love to see us all get what we should be getting and hope it is this year for many people as we are all getting older and losing out!!!!. Thankyou all for your good work and all the women who have made a stand and stood outside and marched on petitions!!!!. I applaud you all!!!!.

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  572. Thank you Michael Mansfield for all the hard work yourself and others have done. Also to Back to 60 and the WASPI Women for fighting our cause. I’m 64 and still working and will have to, providing good health allows me, until I retire at 66 as I am the main breadwinner, my husband is 80 and only receives a fairly small pension. My health this past year hasn’t been great and this is partly due to the fact that I have to keep working.
    I’m beginning to find it a real struggle to get out of bed at 6 in the morning and do a 9 hour day. Thanks again to everyone who are fighting our cause.

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  574. A massive THANK YOU to all those involved in campaigning for justice on our behalf.

    Being born in 1954 a lot of the previous comments ring true and mirror my own situation.
    I have also had my pension date increased twice, first being told it had been changed to July 2018 (which was bad enough) & now it’s January 2020. Plus had I received my pension when I was 60 I would have received a full pension but I see the qualifying years needed have been increased which means I now have a deficit so won’t receive a full pension when I finally get it 4 months before my 66th birthday unless I pay the Government more money!!
    Like so many other women of my age I had been looking forward to enjoying life after 60 not spending my time penny pinching.

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  576. I have letters telling me I would get my pension at 60.. I still have them. The letters stated I would get my pension at 60. I lost my husband at 53 round about the time of the letters not an awful lot of time to save for a pension plus my loss .. it changed my plans and life style and at the same time of losing my husband to cancer my mum was diagnosed 2. I had to work to keep my head above water look after my mum just a few months after the loss of my husband. Working from 5am sometimes 4am then on to see my mum who was bed ridden for 18months with cancer. Everyday .. was just looking forward to my pension at 60 and eventually had to sell my house with all my memories of my husband.. to survive.

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  577. Good luck with the case. I am 57 and worked for
    35 years full time and have to wait until 67 to get my state pension. The system is unfair and the jump from 60 to 67 is totally unfair and unjust
    Especially as others got their state pension at 60.

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  578. Justice needs to be fought for women born in early 1960,s as well as the expected retirement age for a state pension was 60 and is now 67. This has affected many women’s retirement plans and quality of life. Seven years to wait is totally unfair and unjust.

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  579. It is about time justice was done.
    The fact that The unfairness of injustice to pensioners because that is what we are, leads me to believe that this case needs to be resolved and the DWP with it’s attempt to stall with all their powers.
    I am grateful for everyone that has fought for our rights.
    For understanding the hardships we have undergone through these years.
    I have worked and paid towards my pension from the age of 15. I am now 64.
    I was told that I would retire at 60.
    I am still working with chronic Asthma. And a hip replacement.
    After paying towards my retirement through all these years I also find it insulting for my pension to be labelled as a benefit.
    Please recognises and understand our circumstance we deserve full justice and compensation for the worry stress and hardship
    We have had to face.

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  580. I have just turned 65 and I still have to wait till May for my pension I had to finish work last March through health and good job my husband had a extra private pension but we have still struggled money wise so let it happen

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  581. I am 62 this month. I have worked since I was sixteen. I planned to retire at 60. I had planned for this date since my 40th birthday. At 57 yrs old. I was told my pension was being moved until I was 66. I have a small nhs pension which I joined as soon as I could. I was not aloud to join this pension because I worked part time which was thirty two hours. I feel very disappointed and certainly don’t believe contracts with the government mean anything anymore I am still working and luckily enjoy my job but would like to join my husband in retirement

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  582. I was born 1st May 1954,I do not get my SP until November 2019. I was told I had paid my NI up to date at age 60.I have since found out, I should have been paying NI for the last 5 years. I feel I am having to pay for the forced deferment of my state pension, if I don’t I won’t get my full SP, but if I voluntary deferred I would get more pension. This is so unfair.

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  583. I hope this is successful and I would like to thank everyone involved for your hard work. I am 63 this year and retired at 69 because I simply couldn’t do the shifts or the physical aspects of being a Border Force Officer any longer.

    Yes I have a private pension, not enough to live on and I find out that my employer The Home Office had paid a reduced NI contribution, so my state pension will be reduced also……it gets better and better!

    Good luck with the fight.

    TO

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  584. I hope this is successful and I would like to thank everyone involved for your hard work. I am 63 this year and retired at 69 because I simply couldn’t do the shifts or the physical aspects of being a Border Force Officer any longer.

    Yes I have a private pension, not enough to live on and I find out that my employer The Home Office had paid a reduced NI contribution, so my state pension will be reduced also……it gets better and better!

    Good luck with the fight.

    TO

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  585. My husband draws his pension at sixty five and a half (born in 1954) I won’t be drawing mine till I am sixty six( born in 1956) how can that be fair?

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  589. This is absolutely brilliant victory, and has previously recorded, it is women who have suffered; not only financially but emotionally.
    The number of women who are being forced to stay in employment due to legislation, has caused emotional unrest. The government were only about austerity and not acknowledged the impact on women. Women should have been given choices of whether to continue employment or retire.
    I am in this category. I suffer from osteoarthritis; not entitled to specific benefits to support my mobility and yet expected to work a further 6yrs.
    What ever support I can give, count me in.

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  590. Because I don’t get the pension due to me my husband who was due to retire at 65 has had to carry on working in order for us to survive . I want what they have stolen from me so here’s hoping

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  591. Hooray at last ! I hear a voice speaking out on our behalf , born in 56 and like thousands of of other women we put more work hours in as back in the day we went out to work at 15 not as of the youth of today can stay in education up until they are 20.We’ve already earned the right to retire.

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  592. I was born 1953 I have worked for 46 years. I was told I had to work till I was 63 and because I did what the government strongly advise people should do, I went into a works private pension. This ment when I retired at 63 I would have a shortfall in my state pension which was not explained to me when i joined the private pension. I worked till I was 65 to try and make up the shortfall but still ended up 2 years short so i don’t get full state pension. I get a pittance from both state and private pension after paying for 46 years.

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  593. As a woman born in 1954 I am absolutely thrilled at what the back to 60 campaign has achieved.Our tenacity and determination has paid off and we have our chance in May to show just how unfairly we have been treated ,to shame those in power who have done this to the hardworking women of the 1950s and hopefully right the wrong done to us over our State Pensions.

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  597. Well done. I think it is unfair with our pension is moved I was born in 1957. Always worked. And should now be getting my pension. As I no longer able to work and don’t sighn sick. And my husband has now got to support me. As I should be having my pension myself. He is only 62 so a few year’s off his pension. But he will be mad redundant this August. I realy do not know what we are going to do. I say well done to the fight. As we have worked hard over the years and feel. I should have my pension and my own independence.

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    • Hi sue I was born the same year as you & like you have worked since I was 14 it’s not fair on any of us 50s born people. We all planned our lives to retire at 60 . And to have 6 years add is a long time . I got made redundant a couple of years ago & have had to find work as my husband is older than me and got his pension which isn’t enough to keep us both .
      Hope it gets sorted to help us all

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    • This is unbelievably hard for many women, who have had to downsize their properties, or eat into their savings in order to make ends meet. I really hope that the this matter can be resolved for all of us born in the fifties who are finding life so very hard right now.

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  598. As a woman born in 1954 I applaud what you are doing. I have been robbed of five years pension so far and I don’t get anything until July if they haven’t changed the date again.As a hairdresser at my age it’s hard to attract new customers and the old ones are dying off and I have no other income.

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  599. Lady Hale Senior Judge stated very recently that austerity has impacted disproportionately on women, the disabled and those already in poverty. This backs up what the Prof Alston Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights reported after his fact finding tour in UK.
    The pension credit rule change will have further detrimental effect. How can all this be justified in such a wealthy county ?

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  600. Let’s hope the government sort this out . It disgusting the way they have treated people that have made this country. Worked from 14 till 60 and got to wait 6.5 years. For something I paid into . It’s just stealing from the people of the country. Please could you answer a question on mp . Because I was told . That they wrote a paragraph in that says they still get their pensions at the old date

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    • I think you will find that they will get their state pensions at the same time as everyone else but their House of Commons ( like a civil service pension) will still be payable at 60. Lots on companies have taken advantage and linked their occupational pension schemes to paying out on reaching state pension age, the government have not done this to their staff. That is why we will have opposition from some civilian employers on this being successful.

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  601. I’m 62, a 1950’s woman. Quite a few years ago, under the old state pension scheme, I seem to remember you had to have worked for 40 years. As I had time at home to look after children it was not possible for me to work the full 40 years and was allowed to top up my National Insurance contributions to qualify. The new state pension qualifying years is 35, and I now retire at 66 not 60, so I definitely qualify for a full state pension. So why haven’t I been re-imbursed the extra National Insurance contributions I paid?

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  602. We have known since the mid-1970s that at some point, state pension ages would be equal for both men and women due to the Sex Discrimination Act. It was never going to be the case that SPA for men would be brought down to 60 (unaffordable). So it had to be put up to 65 (and subsequently 66)
    We as women born in the 1950s (1956 myself) have had PLENTY of time to make plans for this outcome. Come on! Take responsibility for your own lives! I’ve saved with AVCs. My mortgage was to age 60. Myself and my husband worked out a budget plan years ago for when we both retired. I knew this was going to hit at some point. Men have had to work until they were 65 since the Sex Discrimination Act. If it wasn’t going to be the 1950s women, it would’ve been the 1960s women, and they would now be feeling aggrieved. What about all those men in the past who worked until they were 64 and then died without ever getting a penny of their SP? Take responsibility for your own retirement.

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    • Marcella, I think you’re missing the point. Whilst most people may have been aware that State Pension would be equalised at some point, the DWP did not follow due process in actually informing the 50’s women of the actual dates for this. If you read the comments you will note that this is what most of us are objecting to and why we have won the right to a Judicial Review. I think that most of us agree with equality between men and women on their retirement age but not when there was insufficient notice of the actual enforcement date. You should also understand that not everyone comes from a position whereby they are able to make private provision for their retirment or even pay off their mortgage. If this was the case then there would be few women who are struggling to make ends meet.

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      • Your spot on there . People seem to miss the point . Maybe if we were all told when they altered it in the beginning. We would have maybe been able to make different arrangements. But to change it 3 times and not let us know is appalling. I only new by a bill board . Which was just before my 60 birthday. But they didn’t miss a reminder of when my self employed self assessment was due every year . Strange that . I didn’t get any notification about my pension. As they were able to write and email me . Also new all my details????? This is where the problem arises from . If it was brought in for the 1960 and they were told straight away. They would have had 20 yrs to make provisions

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      • There are a LOT of people on here who seem to want equality for men and women EXCEPT in the state pension age! Hardly fair considering women, on average, live longer than men.
        I agree that it wasn’t implemented in a good way. But with so many millions of 1950s women, it was possibly not cost effective to write to them individually?
        My husband told me about the changes in 1995 when the then Tory government announced it, and that the changes would begin in 2010/11. He read about it in the newspaper. It was also on the TV news.

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      • Yes we want equality on all things, but, we also want fairness in that we cannot be equal yet because the government did not see fit to make us equal until 1975. We need reparation and compensation for that. If you reached working age after that date i dint see why you feel aggrieved. They picked the wrong age group to impose these changes on.

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      • The changes have also affected women unfairly in several ways, for instance my ex husband is only several months older than me and will retire at 65 whereas I have to wait until I am 66 … Obviously very unfair, given that when I raised our children and worked part-time, while he worked full-time and accrues the benefits of doing so.  I don’t begrudge my ex husband retiring at 65 but cannot understand how a system could be so unjust.  I had no idea that these changes would be introduced so rapidly and without due warning – I did NOT receive notification about the changes in women’s pension age and as anyone who is raising a large family and working part-time will vouchsafe, it is not always possible to keep on top of national news etc, it is hard enough to go to the bathroom in peace, never mind follow non-headline news.  It should have been done in a far more transparent and overt manner, maybe several letters sent to women affected by the changes, ensuring it was headline news over a period of time and as for the sudden introduction of  the extension of the pension age from 65 to 66, well, it is just not acceptable.  I have no problem with women and men being treated equally, providing they are all starting from a level playing field, which clearly waspi women are not.

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    • It is easy to say that women needed to be prepared to work until they were 65/66. However with Government cutbacks many women have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. I was born in 1958 and have worked since I was 14. I am registered disabled and am a carer for my husband. Having been made redundant in 2011, due to youth services being cut, I have attended 35 interviews. I have been told not only is it due to my disability but also my age, I will not be employed as it is too higher risk for an employer to employ me. So please don’t be so insulting as to suggest it is the 50s women at fault

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    • You are wrong to assume that all affected women were advised of these changes. I was born in 1955 and can assure you that I never had any idea or time to plan and save for my retirement. You seem to be more fortunate than many but read through all the comments and see how this is affecting ladies who are being forced to work despite ill health or being widowed with very small spouse pensions. This is a national disgrace which even the government of the day was purely a money saving exercise. Well I for one want my money back!!!!!

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    • Marcella is missing the point (and must also have a crystal ball if she knew in the mid-70’s that she wouldn’t get her pension until she was 66). It’s not the pension going back to 66 – it’s the 6 years NI contributions we made – where has that money gone? You cannot target a small sector of women to bring about the change in pension age (and for your information, 60’s women ARE also aggrieved), it should have been phased in. We want our 6 years contributions back. Most of the women posting on here have worked for 40 years, paid their NI conts and were entitled to expect their pension when they turned 60 as they were promised by the government. Dying within a year of getting your SP (whenever it is) isn’t even a valid arguement here. Perhaps if you are so well prepared for your retirement, you might like to donate your State Pension to some other women who’s lives have been derailed by illness, bereavement and redundancy in their 50’s and who were expecting to receive their pensions at 60 because they’re fully paid up and they HADNT BEEN TOLD they weren’t getting it.

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      • I knew 23 years ago (1995) when the Tory Government announced it would be making the equalisation changes 15 years later.
        No I would NOT like to donate my hard earned State Pension thank you very much!! You are assuming I have had it easy?! I most certainly have not! How dare you assume such things! I have gone without at times over the last 40 years. There have been times when I’ve had to choose between heating and eating!

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      • Well said…I have never received any notification that my pension age was changing….and for me (d of b.. 1954), the goal posts were moved TWICE.. If I had been born i yr earlier, I would have been in receipt of my pension 2.5 yrs ago….Absolutely unfair the way the sliding scale has been ‘botched’ & then signed off as OK by some governmental ‘jobsworth’…

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    • I think Marcella you have not read all the letters or done your research correctly. I was born in 1953, and was not told by the government until I was aged 59, a year before my pension was due. and this was done by a simple letter. My husband died at the age of 52, so did not get his pension. I was left at the age of 60 with nothing, and we had both paid into the system since the age of 15. I only got widows pension for a year, I was not by the government that the law had just been changed….the pension just stopped. I had to continue to work and put a hold on all my retirement plans.
      You are wrong to say we had plenty of time…..you might have done born 1957…….but certainly not before.
      And the most important point is …..all my paperwork from the government said I would get my pension at the age of 60. They should be taken to court, and made to pay up. Please remember those of us that lost everything.
      Monica

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    • I am afraid you have not taken into account the different conditions we worked under in the 70s and 80s – and absolute parity of wages in some circumstances is still not being adhered to even now. it is nice for you to be so inured of all the hardships many of us are facing now, the reality of poverty again (it was a struggle to manage on unequal wages when we were younger) and a significant majority, myself included, were NOT informed of the changes until too late to do anything in preparation, particularly the move to retirement at age 66. A level playing field is a great aspiration, but only if it is truly level.

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      • Where is equality, when most women have partners who are older than them. My husband will be over 70 when I am able to retire at 66
        My mother will be 95 if she lasts that long.
        I could be helping look after my 7 grandchildren to help their parents with rising chid care costs.
        I am being robbed of special time with loved ones, while the person that implemented the changes retired in his 50s on a nice fat pension
        I cannot tell you how depressed I get about not being able to spend time with my sole mate
        I had no letter informing me of the changes
        I was told 5 years ago, that I had enough contributions for a full pension as I have Bretagne work since I was 15

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      • Your spot on with you comments
        How were we able to make provisions for our pensions. When we weren’t even told . I still haven’t been notified. And only found out on a bill board . About 10 mths before my 60 birthday. But they sent my tax assements every year . So they had know excuse the Didnt have any details of me ?????

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      • I’m afraid parity in wages has nothing to do with state pension. The state pension is the same for men and women (except those who opted to pay a reduced rate)
        Also, I AM a woman who worked in the 70s and 80s!

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    • Wow it must be lovely to be so knowledgeable! To be blessed with such perception and cognizance. You don’t happen to have worked for the government do you…or perhaps your husband did?

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      • Michelle Anchor – no, I worked for an insurance company for 16 years until 1990 and then a classroom assistant once my son started school. My husband did shift work in a factory. Please don’t make assumptions about us. You sound very bitter that we kept up with what was going on in parliament by watching the news and reading newspapers, and you didn’t. We knew the Tory party introduced equal age for pensions because we READ ABOUT IT! It was in 1995… time to make adjustments at my age then of 39.

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  603. In reply to Marcella.

    Fine if you had a salary that enabled you to save.

    Get real.

    A great many of us worked all our lives on a low wage and paying a motrgage and bills were unable to save for a pension and are dependant on our State Pension and for years have paid our NI.

    Maybe you and your husband should look at the wider picture when commenting on this.

    Sandra Paul.

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  604. Replying to Sally-Anne Francis
    I knew 23 years ago (1995) when the Tory Government announced it would be making the equalisation changes 15 years later.
    No I would NOT like to donate my hard earned State Pension thank you very much!! You are assuming I have had it easy?! I most certainly have not! How dare you assume such things! I have gone without at times over the last 40 years. There have been times when I’ve had to choose between heating and eating!

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  605. Will this apply to women born in 1958. Thank to you all for working so hard for us. At 61yrs i now have to wait untill 66. Not the 60 yrs retirement envisaged. And i am sure like many some not in the best of health

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  606. I was born in 1954 and started work at the age of 15. Doing factory work and getting paid less than my male colleagues was bad enough but then to wait 6 years extra is a hard blow. The worry and stress trying to make ends meet has been terrible. I am now suffering bad health and still trying to keep my part time job while my partner is working , also with health problems. It’s awful wishing your time away at 64 and still have 2 years to work!!

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  607. I was born March 1961, never been told that I would not get my pension at 60 only found out on internet. I’m nearly 58 lost my husband last year, living on UC they are expecting me to get a job. I’ve got epilepsy, osteoarthritis. just worried about the future.

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  608. I am 63 and doing 3 cleaning jobs to make ends meet. I am fortunate to be physically fit and able but to think I have to do this for 2 more years ! I get up at 4 am and cycle to my first job then work again in the evenings two jobs I wholeheartedly support everyone who is fighting for all women like me We are not going away !

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    • I am 61 and have worked since I was 16. I worked for the PSA when I left school had two daughters and kept working , left the government to work for BT part time as a operator but have ben suffering with severe migraines since I was 10 years old so have found it very difficult to keep in employment. I worked for the CSA and applied to take early retirement but they would not let me after my appeal. I had just had an operation and had previously had training for a new computer system . I was not in a good place at the time , id lost my mother , broken marriage and other personal problems. I left my job. I walked in one day and literally decided that nobody in this job gave a hoot about me. So I packed my things away and walked out.
      Having left before 60 I have a reduced pension and a small pension from BT which doesn’t even give me enough to pay the rent on a 1 bed flat if I was to rent. Luckily or not I have my own flat which I am now having problems with being taken to court over . I have little money in the bank. I can just about pay for the decorating for the outside of the flat and pay the solicitors bills. I have no central heating only storage heaters. My heating is over 150 a month and it is freezing in this big old flat. Im at my witts end because my little cleaning job has come to an end.
      I cant work in a shop as have no retail experience cannot stand for long as I have a damaged lymph gland. I could do with my pension now. I was such a happy person and now I am struggling and depressed. Yes I support my right for my pension and every other women who like me is entitled to it. I will also be punished for having a younger partner for pension credit. However I expect they say I will be entitiled to nothing then!!!!!.

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  609. Thank-you to Catherine Raynor and Michael Mansfield. I am one of these ‘chosen women’. I feel as if I have let my family down as I don’t have my pension to get us through. I looked after my Dad (Sandy Eddie) and would do it again. He didn’t like injustice and would be annoyed if I didn’t fight this great injustice. I voted Theresa May in and would like her to meet with us – give her a break from Brexit‼️

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  613. I was born in 1953 and finally received my (reduced) state pension when I was 63 yrs and 8 months. The first I knew of the government’s intentions to increase my pensionable age was when I was 59, one year AFTER I had taken early retirement from my career. Fortunately I had my workplace pension but I had counted on receiving my state pension at 60 and was finding it very difficult to manage financially. A few months later I was advised of the intention to further ‘accelerate’ the move and receive a letter further delaying my pension to that indicated above. Being reasonably fit and well, I went back to work. I worked from being 17, paying the old graduated pension as well as SERPS but of course, the new state pension doesn’t take account of any of this. I know people who are really suffering as a result of their pensions being ‘withheld’. Many women have held full time jobs and brought up a family as well as looking after elderly relatives. They are now suffering ill health, especially now with the worry of what the future holds. Women have always been easy targets for ‘savings’ as we are known for our pride in plodding on and saying nothing. The success of achieving a Judicial Review must be a wake up call to this and subsequent governments that we will no longer be walked all over. I really hope the Review finds in the 50s womens’ favour

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  614. Brilliant news, well done and thank you for fighting this case for all of us hard done by ladies of the 50’s
    I have worked 48 years and paid my full NI, changing my retirement age to 66 has meant my husband will have been retired 4 years before me and be nearly 70 before we can enjoy some quality time together. Our generation seem to have missed out on so many things due to changes made by the government. I thought work pensions were connected to the state pension, but I have to work until 67 to get my work pension!!??

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  616. Brilliant news,hope something is sorted out for we women who have definitely been robbed of our pensions, women like me born in 1954 have been hit especially hard,no pension at 60,and no notification,then no pension at 64,another increase to 66,these extra two years have really hit hard, this should never have been allowed to happen, we should be allowed to have our pension at 64,six years extra to manage financially is cruel, this government just doesn’t care and has totally ignored the hardship they have caused.

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    • Well done and thank you. Ive worked hard for nearly 49 years and to have my pension stolen is a crime. Im fortunate I can still work but getting weary by the day. It would however, be nice to have the choice to be able to leave work and enjoy what time I have left.

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  618. I’m one of the Women I was born in 1956. Always worked full time. Paid in full Contributions. Still Am. The Unfairness of how we worked full time paid in Contributions. Tax. All these yrs. With No!! Warning about not getting our Pensions. I’m 63yrs. Old still having to work. No care at all even about our health !! Nothing at all. I’m unatached with no savings. No Benifits! In Rented property. So on. Still having to pay full costs out!! As well as cost of living prices are up.

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    • Same here Eileen I was 60 in February worked since the age of 16 got 44 years of contributions only to have 6 years of pension stolen by this government. Single too I exist on 30 hours working pay full everything and no help anywhere. Really hopw we win in May that will show them we are not to be taken for fools.

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  619. Dot.
    I will be 65 in May 2019. Iwas supposed to get my pension at 60. I have now been told that I will receive the payment in Jan 2020. The government is keeping 5 years & 7&half months of my money.
    Surely this is unlawful plus discrimination against women.

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  620. THE sooner the better 65 in September life is just so depressing
    5 years without any funds
    Absolutely appalling treatment and the Government don’t give a …………..
    So we thank Mr Mansfield so much all the WASPI ladies say Go get the lot of um

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  621. Ann Widdecombe on BBC Inside Out tonight “It is unreasonable, self-indulgent and entitled to think that you can retire at the same age with a much longer life expectancy”. Yet she being born in 1947 retired at 60 and I expect did not kick up a fuss and refuse to take her state pension at that time stating it was to early and she was fit and well enough to continue. Anything she has done post retirement has in my opinion been self endulgent. Ann also stated that they sent out 5million letters which maybe they did but I still didn’t receive one. Ann also commented “How do you think the state is going to afford, year in, year out, for us to retire five years younger than all the rest of the world is retiring?” My answer to this is 1. With money we paid in (As did she!) 2. We are not talking about the rest of the world.

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  622. Well done to all those actively campaigning on our behalf – unfortunately I cannot be so actively involved at 61 as I have to work! My concern also is the knock on effect it has on social care – my parents are in their 80s and at a time I could have been caring for them, they now have to rely on carers paid for by the state! I am sure this costs more than my pension would have been and the free care I could have given them.

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    • Same here, quite agree making me work another 6 years is costing the government money, my Mother is 92 and Father in law is 87 I am still working 37 hours a week and just too tired to do things for them, when I get in. This is also 6 years a younger person is being robbed of having a job?? My husband retired 2 years ago and I still have to work 2 more years before we can share re precious times together

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  624. I was born dec 1954 I have to sign on job seekers i am 65 this year.now i got to go on a course so they can help me get a job if i dont go on this course i could get santioned.know who is going to give me a job ? I shouldnt have this worry i left school at 15 i only found out xmas that i cant retire till i 67 i was robbed of me pension i was robbed of retirement at 60.then they rob me of retiring at 65. Know they say my retirement age is 67 .as robin gibb said in his song THE JOKE IS ON ME

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    • Carol Meek – Your state pension age is 66, not 67. If you were born December 1954, your state pension will be paid from December 2020. Hope that helps a little.

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  625. Yes I’m the same Dot, born in May 1954 and have to wait until January 2020. If it wasnt for my husband I would be in dire straights. It’s an absolute disgrace how we have been treated. I see the hearing is for 24th May. I thought it had been moved to the 5th of June. Can anyone enlighten me on when it actually is? Big thank you to everyone doing what they can for us much appreciated.

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  626. we must all arrive at the court to support this man who is trying to help us we must win this they cant get away with this injustice lets fight ladies we have got time to win

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    • I have the dates in June clearly marked in my diary and I intend to travel from Devon to hear what is said at this hearing. This is history in the making and we must never give up on our cause.

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  627. I am also in favour . On the day of this hearing that all us woman that are able to be at the courts. Be there . But can someone tell me is this heating .. may or June

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  628. I was born in 1961 and started work at 15, going back to school to do O levels. I have never stopped working since and found out quite by accident that I won’t get my state pension until age 67. I already have 43 years contributions in and yet have to pay for another 9 years. Requests under freedom of Information have only confirmed that no information was provided to me of the age increase. Why is it only 50’s women that are getting the focus.

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    • The reason for 50s women being the focus and not you is because you have always had equality in the workplace, equal pay act. You have an extra 10 years notice of you pension age increase than many of the 50s women. This case is not against equal pension rights, we agree with That, is about those who have missed out most in life being further punished, legally paid low wages so no private pension options, no maternity pay and very short notice of the changes. These women started work in the 60s and are the ones who fought for your equality, have you seen Made in Dagenham?

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  629. I look forward to May 2019. You have given me hope that finally this injustice will be ended. This is no different to the bank mis selling. All those affected should claim compensation for the stress caused to so many. Everyone men and women should support this because It is an historic event that will affect not only 1950s women but the choices forced on the populations to come.

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  630. I only found Nd out about the change when I received a letter on my 59th birthday working long hours I never bought a paper or seen anything on the news and to say I was shocked was an under statement which left me mk in a dilemma

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  631. Not only have they stopped six years of our pension!! They have kept our Husband’s pensions that have passed away! They say that your pensions are your own, but that is not the case when it comes to income tax, you are liable for your spouses tax when they pass away if they owe any. No support or anything, just left to get by on your own .
    Money grabbing thieves the lot of them!

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  632. Liable for your husband’s tax ?…Surely that must come out of his estate ? i suppose, they would eventually be able to get their hands on it, if you shared a property, but not until after your own demise…..see a good Solicitor & get sdvice…

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  633. Replying to hjd 24. When my Husband passed away and I informed them a few days later I received a letter asking me to confirm that I was my Husband’s next of kin , sign it and return it. A few days later I received another letter, saying sorry for contacting me at a difficult time, but as my Husband’s next of kin I was liable to pay any tax that he might owe, nothing to do with His Estate !!,

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  634. This is very good news and good luck. I sincerely hope you win this case as I am one of the unfortunate women born in 1956!

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  635. I was born 1956 always worked full time paid full Contributions, Tax still paying in. I was Uninformed like millions of other Women Denied our pensions Nothing!! No one wants to take on 60s Women when seeking Work. We’ve paid in!! I’ve filled in applications for work your Lucky if you get A Response back!! It’s an Insult. We’re all growing old. I’m Individual having to keep A roof over my head pay Bill’s everything. No Benifits. Not always Garanted Work. I’m like most of 50s Women that’s worked hard all our Life’s Robbed of our pensions. Fingers crossed for us all from Outcomes. Of Receiving what is Rightly ours.

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  636. A contract is a contract. Yo cannot just suddenly change it! I was born 56 and would have understood an increase. However an added 6 years! Not on

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  639. It’s bad enough having to find work at our age and to miss out on 6 years of pension, it is really stressful on you own trying to cover bills and everything on your own!!!!
    They tell you to get a pension forecast , but you can’t even rely on that being correct!!!!
    What a BLOODY shambles it all is, you need to know what you will potentially get when you reach retirement age, but the forecast they give you could potentially be incorrect, so you could be even worse off. What a BLOODY DISGRACEFUL way to be treated.
    They wouldn’t let this happen to themselves and their pensions!!!!!!!

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  640. I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that many news reports used the phrase “IN 2020” when reporting the changes to womens state pension age. I remember reading it and thinking that it would not affect me as my original SPA was 5 Jan 2016. So I wouldn’t be involved in the changes.
    If only they had correctly reported using the phrase BY2020 .I Would have been prompted to look further into it and I would have started to put some money aside to try and fill the gap not that I would have been able to amass anything like the £50K that would be lost over the extra 6 yearsof missing pension , but It would have helped a bit.

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  641. For our group of women gone from 60 to 66 in one go. 10% more years paying in but no more pensions paid out at the end.

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  642. The fact that the Government no longer say what they mean and mean what they and seem t make it up as they go along, is there any guarantee that there will be any pension pot left as it continues to misuse public funds. What is there left when democracy is no longer respected in this country. If there is anything us ladies can do, please leave a reply. Also my gratitude to Jo Welch for taking the brave step to initiate the campaign.

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    • I quite agree with indira about government doing as they please but thank goodness we have a kind soul to represent us ladies and our lost years of pensions I say thank you

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  643. For Cameron and George Osborne to bring forward the extra year for us earlier than expected after we had already been given an extra 5 years was morally wrong and totally unfair!!! Just to save them money. When you are working class, £7,000 – £8,000
    is a lot of money to miss out on, on top of the other 5 years that we lost! They should have forfeited their pensions!!!!!!

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  644. Let’s hope we win I was born in 1955 started work at 15 I have worked all my life I have yet to be officially informed I can’t retire and at 63 I am still working in factory doing a very heavy job I am not really fit For my husband is retired and Ill sometimes I hate to leave him but I have no choice we deserve better

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  645. 61 years is September had a stroke age 59 work nhs full time can’t afford to drop hours as pension would be based on short time but worked full time since 16 years old. PLANNING ALL WORKING LIFE TO RETIRE AT 60. THEN DWP CHANGED GOALPOSTS. Not enough notice of change to allow me to save to still leave at 60. By time I can afford to retire I will have paid in 50 years. Where is my 15 year extra paid into system? I demand it back or the right to retire and get my state pension NOW

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  646. I was also born in July 1954 and am ashamed to say I didn’t know anything about this, just assumed I have to wait until next year to get my pension. So thank you very much to all who have campaigned to get something back for us and I hope to get something and at the very least some kind of compensation.. we live in hope! I am also not working and on Universal Credit which is a pittance to put it mildly. Try getting a job when you’re 65!

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  647. I was born in 1955 and I have worked all my life from the age of 16, and for a large part of my working life I had to support my 3 children as a one parent family. Apart from maternity leave and return to work I worked full time. I had intended to retire when I was 60, however, when I discovered that I would not get my state pension I knew I had to review this.
    I felt really cheated!! As a one parent family I supported my family working full time and juggling life rather than choosing not to work and live off benefits. I towards 60 as my pensionable age and feel that it is unjust that this came completely out of the blue. I know others that never worked full time as I have and because they are a few years older they benefitted from receiving their pension at the age of 60.
    I worked hard and was committed to my career in the NHS having completed 43 years and worked for a few years before entering into the NHS – hence left feeling let down!!

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  649. My partner, born 1958, has worked all of her working life but unfortunately does not have a works pension and for circumstances beyond her control has not been able to contribute to a private pension. She will rely solely on a state pension in her latter years. She definitely feels robbed of her tax & NI contributions and just missing the 60year pension age by a few months. She has to now wait to age 66years before drawing her state pension without any compensation of her qualifying payments of NI for the extra 6 years she has to wait. I hope the review leads to either a revocation of the original pension age change or substantial compensation for the lost pension years. Good luck.

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    • By the time I retire I will have paid in for 50 years. Born 1958.Work nhs, not an easy job. I had a stroke 1 1/2 years ago and not fit to keep going to 66.Husband was a nurse too but now disabled, and forced to leave through ill health.he was born 1956z As never got enough notice, can I sue the Dwp for taking extra money from me? Or for forcing me , through financial reasons to keep working past the age I’m fit to. Disgusting.

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  650. Thank you for not forgetting us women left in limbo . Nobody wants a 65 year old woman in the workplace and those who are employed are exploited and receiving extra stress not needed because we cannot compete with an under 50 year olds!
    Thank you for going to bat for us !
    I think few of us now have faith in the larger parties in Government and feel we have been treated abysmally and I for one will consider voting for other parties !

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  651. I am 60 I have copd and arthritis . I have loads of doctor and hosp apptmts so I can’t work as who will employ me and let me have time off for all that . I can’t get help as the new universal credit is a catch 22 situation , you can’t claim as an individual only as a couple if you live with a partner . I can’t get a pension until I’m 66 how am I supposed to live?

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  652. I was born Aug 1958 and was told 66 before I can retire and I’m sure the government are hoping I’ll be dead before that date so they can pocket the hard earned money I paid into the system. I work 12 An half hr shifts, half hr unpaid break on a physically heavy ward. It’s hard work and some days physically too much. Why are they not allowing us 60 plus women to retire and free these jobs for the young people out of work. I’ve worked since 16 and earned the right to retire while I’m still able to enjoy it. Extremely unfair!😡

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  653. Really appreciate the efforts of the legal team. I am one of those at the back end of the 50’s who have had my pension pushed back to the upper limit. Where my male contemporaries lose 2 yrs of their pension, I lose 7. How is that just & equitable when I have paid in my NI contributions the same as them? Whilst I may choose & be fit enough to work beyond 60, there are many who do not have that choice. Grossly unfair that they should suffer.

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  654. All the Governments do is hit the working class!!! The 6th year we had added on they said was bought in earlier they said was due to ‘Austerity’ well that should not be a reason to ‘lumber’ us with an extra year earlier than planned just to save them money!!!!

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    • Has this issue been to court yet? Thought the date was in May we are now into June. What was the outcome? I’m sure we would all like to know either way. Success or not. Thanks Jo Smith.

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      • The date is set for 5 & 6th June for Juditial hearing. You havent missed anything yet. I just hope we get a good outcome.
        I’m looking forward to hearing also.

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    • You do know that the government don’t have money? I agree we should not be the ones targeted for this but its not their money, it’s the people’s.

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  655. Just been re enrolled into a work place pension again which I will obviously opt out of. 1. because I’m already overdue my pension. 2. Chances are I won’t live to collect. 3. They can change the rules anytime they like. 4. They can just make it disappear like the 45+ years I’ve already paid in.

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  657. It is disgusting, although i am only 58yrs I had set my life on retiring at 60yrs. When i left school at 15yrs ( August Birthday) my Mom relied on her housekeeping from me as Child Allowance was stopped when you left school. I was told go to work pay national insurance and retire at 60yrs. I am a mother of 3 children, i have always worked, when my children were young, my husband walked in and i walked out to do a cleaning job. When my youngest child started school i worked in a school kitchen, and until my youngest child was 14yrs i worked part time. I have worked full time since then , i have only payed into a pension for the past 10yrs, my husband passed away in 2014. And now the government think it is acceptable for me to work until i am 67yrs& 3mths. This is wrong i am tired now and i still have 9yrs more to work. The government are once again robbing the poor, this is money i have worked hard for and paid in without complaining because we were sold its an insurance policy for old age. There was discussion it just happened out of the blue. This is so infuriating and frustrating…. why is this not headline news that this is going back to court ? , why did this not go to a debate ? , how can some fat cat sit in an big fat office on a big fat wage make a decision on hard working peoples lives? This is so WRONG.
    I hope this controversial decision is reversed and hard working Moms ( both single and married) get what they have worked for, this is not about people supposedly living longer ( they are not walk around any cemetery the proof is there). This is about a government stealing millions of pounds from the working class.

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  658. It certainly is Jane, You’ve hit the nail on the head. Have you seen the clip of former Chancellor, George Osborne, gleefully boasting about how the savings were the biggest and easiest to implement that government had made?

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    • Smug ….
      This is someone who as never got his hands dirty, hasn’t got a clue what its like to struggle financially from week to the next week. This decision was made behind our backs, I am really grateful to the people who are fighting on behalf of millions of woman. I am not on my own i need my pension, i want to be able to enjoy my retirement ( let alone live to see it) I have grandchildren whom i look after to enable their Mom’s to go to work. I know i am not alone and thousands of woman are in my position. This is why we need to win.

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  659. Please! Will those of you who were lucky enough to reach your working age after the equal pay act became the law. You have no excuse for not providing your own private pension. You should have realised that equality has it’s pros and cons and it was likely your pension age would be equalised. We women who were treated shabbily in the 1960/ early 70s are the ones to feel aggrieved. If you are too ill to work why do you need to worry about your pension, the welfare state is the one you should be looking toward.

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  660. I hope that all the ‘underhanded things past and present Governments have done are bought up in this court case’ otherwise, all the hard work David and the others have done will be in vain and the case probably lost! Do not let the Government keep getting away with saying about ‘equalisation ‘ all the underhanded things they have done need to be brought to light in this case.

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  661. I was born August 1955 bought up 4 children juggled work and bringing up children without any help started full time work ages 16 please please get it back to 60 it’s not easy to get a job at 60 I was looking forward to a bit of a rest and I was one of them that never knew anything about the change until a year before I was 60 when my friend rang and said we now have to work till 65 we never knew or had letters
    We are the generation that worked our
    Parents insisted we worked when we left school at 16 our generation have probably worked more hours than most is all we got was a very small child benefit weekly

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  662. I was retired at 47 by my Two employer due to developing Lupus SLE I was given a pension from social services of £293.00 a month, I was wishing my life away as I needed my state pension to survive, but to my horrors and stress they moved the date, then moved it again as I was born in 1955.
    My illness have got worst, I am on universal credit and receive nothing from them I try and do a little work but I get sick, my family and friends support me, I am still wishing my life away for my pension that I paid into, but I am holding my breath as they could change the date again.
    Well done Back to 60 hoe can I join you xx
    Jeannie

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  663. Fingers and toes crossed. If they have any feelings at all a positive decision will be reached. Thanks for all you have done.

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  664. Yes – thank you to all those championing our cause. Would have loved to have been there but still working full time!!! Everything crossed for justice for hardworking women of the 50’s.xx

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    • Good morning
      Many thanks for all who were able to attend the judicial review, the date was later than originally agreed, but hope that all who did attend and were able to present their case and hopefully were able make a difference.
      I presented my views previously on this site, but at 60, my health has not improved as had to have a spinal operation, I have had to make the decision to retire from the job I love. However, given that the government is saying I have to wait till I’m 67 to get my state pension, like all of us who have worked 40yrs+ or even less, what has happened to the national insurance we paid into the pension pot? Those people in government should be going after the careless top bankers who were squandered public money because of their poor decision making, the overseas companies who pay minimum tax on their billions and those crafty businesses people who put their secret funds in offshore accounts, instead of going after women who have a legal right to their pension at 60 as promised when we were 16/17yrs old.
      There are thousands of young people looking and wanting to work but we as 60 year old are forced to to work in an age where our minds and body are slowing down.
      They should have reduced mens working age to 60 not increased women’s to equal men.

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  665. Well done for representing all us ‘50s women. We are sure you made a good case and hope the judges are independent of government and costs as the contributions were made as agreed by us all up to age 60.

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  666. Yes thank you for taking this to court but disappointed no verdict on the day . We can only hope that it won’t be long before we get justice

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  667. How do we get a answer asap as l was born 1957 and l am a leading support worker as you get older the work is very tiresome when is the nxt hearing from colleen cooper.as l myself got no notice about having to retire at 66 thankyou.

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  668. Hi
    I have my letter telling me my pension age and it’s dated June 2013.
    I am 62 years old, 63 in November
    I am in my 48th full time working year.
    I have a story that may be of interest if you wish to contact me.

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    • Good on you sue. For finding this another mess up . The dwp have made , might be worth contacting waspi or shoulder to shoulder aswell

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      • Sorry sue I meant to have mailed back
        I meant back to the 60 . And forgot
        It must be a age thing . It gets like that
        Brain goes all to pot when your over 60.

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  670. It’s disgusting I was also made redundant and having to survive on the work pension that goes nowhere on daily living costs, they owe us a fortune.

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    • When is this being Reviewed..
      On Fri, 24 Jan 2020, 12:06 Westminster Confidential, wrote:
      > Sandra commented: “It’s disgusting I was also made redundant and having to > survive on the work pension that goes nowhere on daily living costs, they > owe us a fortune.” >

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      • Hi I read somewhere yesterday that the appeal has to be heard by 25th February 2021 so another long wait, hopefully it will be sooner rather than the latest date as we have all waited long enough. I received my letter to apply for my State Pension last weeks, it starts on 6th May 2020 and I will be 66 on 9th July 2020 it is so wrong.

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    • This is so unfair for us ladies born in the 50’s I am 65 this April my husband did an extra year at work and retired 2 years ago I took the decision to stop work in October 2019 due to my arthritis getting worse and wanting to spend some quality time with my husband I am currently sTruggling on my small NHS pension, my latest work pension is not due for payout until 2022 and state pension 2021 I cannot tell you how my situation sends me into dark places of depression and how it has effected me and my relationships with my family

      On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 at 12:06, Westminster Confidential wrote:

      > Sandra commented: “It’s disgusting I was also made redundant and having to > survive on the work pension that goes nowhere on daily living costs, they > owe us a fortune.” >

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  671. Fed up with this court case about Waspi campaign we need to know if we’re getting compensation and how much got disability issues still gave to work I’m 66 narc 2024 I’m so bloody tired.

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